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Summary: Hilarious and surprisingly touching
Review: Christopher Moore is simply one of the most inventive and funny writers around. He doesn't take his books "seriously" a la the very funny Kurt Vonnegut. They are feel good novels, and they are WACKY!!! ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN is one of his better ones, because the main characters are particularly loveably painted for us. Tucker Case, our main character, is a ne'er do well pilot for a Mary Kay kinda corporation, who ruins his career when he takes a girl on the company jet and causes a serious accident. He gets a chance to elude prosecution when he's hired by a mysterious missionary organization to fly their jet from an obscure Micronesian Island to Japan for "medical supplies" for the natives. I'd really rather not try to summarize more of the plot, because virtually every chapter introduced a new twist or engaging character, and there are A LOT of chapters. The book flies by as Case and his supporting cast go from one dilemna to another. And as often happens in Moore's books, there are relationships of either love or friendship that develop unexpectedly during the story, and suddenly, we find ourselves not only laughing outloud at the silly antics and outrageous plot turns, but we are caring about the main characters. This is rare in writing that is so flip and over-the-top. Moore's books are fast-moving and you're sorry when they are over. LOVE NUN is particularly winning, and if you haven't tried Moore before, this is a good place to dive in. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (not for kids...lots of language and some naughty goings-on.)
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Summary: "Evil tends to grow in proportion to the profit potential."
Review: "The Island of the Sequined Love Nun" came to me highly recommended by a friend. I'd never read anything by Christopher Moore before, and I'm happy to have found this author. The hero of the story is Tucker Case--a pilot for a cosmetics company who creates a scandal involving the company jet. After taking a woman on an unauthorized, after hours flight, Tucker is fired, sued, and hustled out of town by a friend. Soon Tucker is headed for a high-paying job on a remote island flying medical supplies on a fancy Lear jet for a missionary couple. Do you smell a rat yet? The author writes with great wit, and the novel races along. Some of his characters include: Kimi the cross-dressing navigator, Roberto the talking fruit-bat, Beth Case the femme fatale, and a island full of former cannibals. While the novel didn't make me laugh out loud, it did make me smile. Some of the funniest parts occur as the natives try and incorporate modern culture into their cargo cult. The plot reminded me a bit of Elmore Leonard--although I think Moore has a racier sense of humour. This is by no means, however, a comic novel--the subject matter is far too serious and grisly for that. I thought the book was actually going to be a lot funnier than it was--although it was amusing. On the negative side though, the book really didn't give me anything to think about. Some books give me a great deal of material to consider. "The Island of the Sequined Love Nun" does not fall into that category. It was an amusing distraction, but all thoughts on the book ended when the cover was closed--displacedhuman.
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Summary: Another entertaining effort from Mr. Moore
Review: Wacky and outragous probably best define Moore's somewhat demented writing, but one cannot deny that his works are humorous, entertaining, fast paced, enjoyable reading. Don't bother with his work if you are inclined towards serious literary or philosophical novels, but if you want to have some fun, just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Summary: Hilarious and surprisingly touching
Review: Christopher Moore is simply one of the most inventive and funny writers around. He doesn't take his books "seriously" a la the very funny Kurt Vonnegut. They are feel good novels, and they are WACKY!!! ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN is one of his better ones, because the main characters are particularly loveably painted for us. Tucker Case, our main character, is a ne'er do well pilot for a Mary Kay kinda corporation, who ruins his career when he takes a girl on the company jet and causes a serious accident. He gets a chance to elude prosecution when he's hired by a mysterious missionary organization to fly their jet from an obscure Micronesian Island to Japan for "medical supplies" for the natives. I'd really rather not try to summarize more of the plot, because virtually every chapter introduced a new twist or engaging character, and there are A LOT of chapters. The book flies by as Case and his supporting cast go from one dilemna to another. And as often happens in Moore's books, there are relationships of either love or friendship that develop unexpectedly during the story, and suddenly, we find ourselves not only laughing outloud at the silly antics and outrageous plot turns, but we are caring about the main characters. This is rare in writing that is so flip and over-the-top. Moore's books are fast-moving and you're sorry when they are over. LOVE NUN is particularly winning, and if you haven't tried Moore before, this is a good place to dive in. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (not for kids...lots of language and some naughty goings-on.)
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Summary: Laugh-out-loud hilarious
Review: Christopher Moore has to be one of the most brilliantly bizarre people on the planet. Either he was dropped on his head as a small child or he was touched by the literary gods (I'm betting both). Moore does it once again in ISLAND. He presents quirky characters, a zany plot and absolutely hilarious dialogue. I couldn't put this book down! I carried it with me everywhere until I finished it, and I often was the object of curious stares as I guffawed my way through the reading in public places.
Moore has a knack for creating the bizarre. Tucker Case, hero of ISLAND, finds himself in a "sticky" situation (you'll understand the pun once you read the novel) one evening while "entertaining" a young lady in the cockpit of his plane. From there on, the novel is nonstop hilarity as Case first runs away from the law and then has to run for his life. He finds himself on an island with natives fascinated by Americana, bored druggie pseudo-missionaries out to exploit the island, and a transvestite with a sunglass-wearing bat as a pet. Case just wants to save his hide but finds himself as the hero time and again.
It's difficult to place Moore into any particular genre. Part fantasy, part comedy, part sci fi, part horror, part drama....If you read nothing else this year, pick up any of Moore's novels. All of them are well worth your time.
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Summary: Wacky, inventive, and well researched...
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In this quick, easy and fun read, Moore spins a wacky tale about a wayward pilot and a small isolated group of former cannibals on a South Pacific island whose religion is based on a WWII flyer who crashed his plane on their island.
Throw in some zany Moore-esque literary devices such as the talking fruit bat and a mysterious ghost like character who appears periodically throughout the story and you've got a wacky, inventive, and well-researched tropical tale that is a much-welcomed breath of fresh air amidst the current glut of legal dramas and spy stuff that seem to fill up the pop literature charts.
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Summary: This Book is Just too Funny to put down
Review: Tucker Case was a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation until he crashed the company jet during a drunken flight with a hooker. Now he's found a job flying shady secret missions for a medical missionary from a remote Micronesian island. But something is wrong on this island paradise full of barbed wire, ninjas and minefields where the doctor's wife has set herself up as a messenger from God who needs body parts as a sacrifice. All of a sudden Tucker the loser must foil international organ smugglers, save his girl and maybe find himself along the way in a tale full of lunacy and larceny that will leave you laughing for days. Reviewed by Devon Adams, the Cool Kid
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Summary: A talking fruitbat?
Review: Christopher Moore is a seriously demented writer! After reading "Lamb", and enjoying it tremendously, I just had to read more of his works, and I selected this one because of the wierd title, and it turned out to be a good choice. Where else can you read a plot about a disgraced pilot, a cross-dressing Filipino with a talking fruitbat, a ghostly airman who is considered a god, a cannibal, Japanese ninjas, cargo cult natives, and a pseudo-goddess. These are only some of the more unusual aspects of this writer's odd mind, and they combine into a very entertaining read. Not great literature, I grant you, but a terrific way to spend some hours chuckling to yourself, and often laughing out loud, to the consternation of those around you. Of course, with the rather ribald cover, you don't necessarily want to call attention to yourself in public, but a brown paper book cover will do nicely.
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Summary: Lacks Depth
Review: After reading Moore's Lamb, I was struck by his ability to be hilarious and completely irreverant while at the same time providing something of depth (Lamb had some interesting insights into similarity of major religions). This is the story of an alcoholic pilot recruited by the love nun and her doctor cohort. He discovers that they are contolling an entire island population for their own nefarious designs and comes to the rescue of the backward islanders. The Love Nun has hilarity and off-beat humor but not much else. The plot in and of itself was so goofy as to aid the unfortunately shallow humor. This book is good for laughs, but not much else.
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Summary: "Evil tends to grow in proportion to the profit potential."
Review: "The Island of the Sequined Love Nun" came to me highly recommended by a friend. I'd never read anything by Christopher Moore before, and I'm happy to have found this author. The hero of the story is Tucker Case--a pilot for a cosmetics company who creates a scandal involving the company jet. After taking a woman on an unauthorized, after hours flight, Tucker is fired, sued, and hustled out of town by a friend. Soon Tucker is headed for a high-paying job on a remote island flying medical supplies on a fancy Lear jet for a missionary couple. Do you smell a rat yet? The author writes with great wit, and the novel races along. Some of his characters include: Kimi the cross-dressing navigator, Roberto the talking fruit-bat, Beth Case the femme fatale, and a island full of former cannibals. While the novel didn't make me laugh out loud, it did make me smile. Some of the funniest parts occur as the natives try and incorporate modern culture into their cargo cult. The plot reminded me a bit of Elmore Leonard--although I think Moore has a racier sense of humour. This is by no means, however, a comic novel--the subject matter is far too serious and grisly for that. I thought the book was actually going to be a lot funnier than it was--although it was amusing. On the negative side though, the book really didn't give me anything to think about. Some books give me a great deal of material to consider. "The Island of the Sequined Love Nun" does not fall into that category. It was an amusing distraction, but all thoughts on the book ended when the cover was closed--displacedhuman.
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