Books by Christopher Moore
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review 1: I was drawn to this book because of the title, Sacre Bleu, sacred blue. I first heard this term while reading a Hardy Boys book to my son. For that entire summer, we would constantly use the exclamation, Sacre Bleu, with a French accent, of course. The book combines fantasy, hist...
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review 1: I took away one star because I honestly thought Cordelia would turn out to be alive. I mean, Othello and Desdemona faked their deaths, and it just such a cliche that her death is what drives Pocket. And then at the end she conveniently shows up as a ghost to bless him moving on w...
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review 1: As a former English major and lover of "heinous fuckery," there was no way I could not love this book. Very funny mashup of a dozen different Shakespeare plays, but mostly King Lear. Who, it turns out, was a bit of tosser and not a very nice guy — but then I never liked him in Wi...
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review 1: Well, this is the Moore that started it all for me. And, although it was completely different from all the rest, it was good enough to get me to go for the whole catalog.If you're looking for Moore's comedic genius, you won't find it here. But, you will find genius. The impressio...
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review 1: I...I like Christopher Moore. I really do. Like all the other reviewers here, I feel the need to preface this with an apology. In general, Moore is clever, witty and charming - this story is none of those things. The narrative passes at such a break-neck pace that I was perpe...