Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore (review and giveaway!)
4 Stars!
ABOUT THE BOOK -
Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a
tropical paradise—a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists,
ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a
hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a
pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes
his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run
for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment
opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an
unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond high priestess on the
remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent,
and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR -
Visit him at - http://www.chrismoore.com/
MY REVIEW -
This was not my first Christopher Moore book (I read "A Dirty Job" which I loved!) so I was not surprised by all his antics. This book was a little different though. Yes, it still was very quirky and funny, still had the great character development. But it also had a seriousness to it. It had to. He was writing about the black-market of human organs for transplant! Only Christopher Moore could write about such a serious subject while keeping it light and funny!
I really wanted to hate - Tucker! He was such a jerk. He was a drunk, womanizer, swearing, and very selfish, but he is also trying to save the natives of the island and do the right thing! So... I guess you can't really help but to fall in... wait - maybe love is too strong a word. OK I ended up liking the guy!
So why did I put this book in the Romance/Love month? Well duh - he falls in love!
Nice ending! If you want a very funny quirky book on a very serious subject - this is for you!
Warning - there is sex and swearing - so not for younger readers!
THE GIVEAWAY -
I bought this book new and I am giving away my copy.
* To win this book, please fill out the form below.
* Please US & Canada only.
And please only enter once - (I go through and delete double entries).
* Winner will be chosen on Feb. 29th.
* Winner will have 48 hrs. to respond.
I have this book, and have not yet read it. Your review makes me think I am missing something, and I need to take it off the shelf and give it a go. It sounds rather funny, in an offbeat way! Great review today!
ReplyDeleteI've never read any of his books but it looks like maybe I should. I could use some funny right now.
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