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Title: Fluke : Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0-380-97841-5 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (32 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not Chris' best by a long shot but it has its monents...
Comment: I'm a great Christopher Moore admirer. I think Bloodsucking Fiends may still be the funniest book I ever read.
Fluke has its moments but on the whole is a major disappointment. The characters live up to expectations-unfortunately they deserved a better story.
You know there's going to be some weird stuff in a Moore novel but here the weird stuff is just too weird. The convoluted nature of the weirdness is text draining-too much prose is devoted to explaining the weirdness-and the end result is the story becomes disjointed, diffuse and generally bogs down to the point one loses interest.
On the other hand, many Moore trademarks are fully evident-interesting and enjoyable characters, exotica in terms of locale and setting, nip, laugh inducing dialog. The problem is the flaws overwhelm the positives and the end result is a rather mediocre book overall.
Personally, I think Moore is overreaching. Lamb was ambitious and, on the whole, a success but some of the flaws in Fluke were making early appearances there. Moore needs to go back to letting the story carry the action and reign in his imagination a bit. If he does so, all will be well I think.
But, anyway, in the meantime Fluke represents a decent but by no means typical Moore extravaganza.
Rating: 2
Summary: What happened????
Comment: I was so excited that a new Christopher Moore book was coming out. His other books were page turners and laughs until the end. This book was definitely disappointing. Too much on the whales and not enough of a good story. But I have not given up on Christopher Moore and I will still look forward to reading his books. This one was just not one of his best.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fluke is C-A-P-T-I-V-A-T-I-N-G
Comment: I dare say that Christopher Moore has done it again. Fluke is a wonderfully entertaining story about Nate's life long pursuit of why whales sing. Nate has, what can only be envisioned as, an ex Dead Head bus worth of assistants. Amy, the hot young grad-student. Clay, his life long buddy who is a photographer. Kona, the new pot smoking kid. And a myriad of spicy characters that are just out of this world. Nate finds that biology isn't the only thing he must employee to figure out why whales sing, once a whale eats him. Fluke revolves around the crazy explanation about the beginning of life on this planet and how we all fit into it. Not only a worthwhile read, but an extraordinary tale!
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Title: Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380813815 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380816547 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380816555 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380792745 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380725231 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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