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Summary: The 1 Star Reviewers Must not have read Chris's Previous Bks
Review: Christopher Moore is one of my favorite authors. I devoured his first five books and waited and waited and waited for this book to come out. It was worth the wait. It was a bit different then his other books but it was funny and sweet and a great story. Maybe the problem with the other two reviewers is that they aren't getting old they just don't have a sense of humor. If you are a Chris Moore Fan you will love this book.
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Summary: I guess I'm too old
Review: What was up with this book? It just annoyed me so much. I couldn't finish it after a few chapters. The characters and situations were not funny nor did I feel sympathetic towards them. Therefore, it was time to move on to another book.
Perhaps at 38 I'm too old to read this book. Nah. It just wasn't for me.
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Summary: Frat-Boy Humor is right!
Review: If you have the entire Beavis and Butthead series on DVD, this is the book for you. If you were first in line to see Dude, Where's My Car?, you'll probably enjoy LAMB.
I, however, am not a 15 year-old and found little to be amused by in this story. I picked it up because I believe nothing deserves a good spoofing as much as the bible but was disappointed to find the author obviously straddling a fence: wanting to poke fun at Christianity without angering a single soul, a difficult feat even when attempted by a more skilled writer. Maybe if he had just gone for the jugular without worrying whose toes he might step on, he wouldn't have had to resort to juvenile Tom Green type humor.
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Summary: Christopher Moore has done it agian!
Review: The Master of sarcasm has done it again. He kept me in tears through out. Tears of laughter through most, but at the end ...what the heck, I am sap.. I admit to being a little teary (breifly). Christopher Moore is one of the best writers of our time. LAMB is truely a book to "behold" and read. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
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Summary: Reverently Irreverent
Review: With "Lamb", Christopher Moore has opened a door that has been closed to many people. This book offers the light of humanity that has been missing from many images of God and his kin. I have laughed and almost cried while reading this book. If something can move me so deeply and so quickly, with humor and respect, I feel compelled to share. As the daughter of a Methodist minister, I can say without hesitation that I am, in no way! offended by this brilliant novel. Please, do not read one excerpt and then harshly dismiss this humorous look at the childhood of Christ as blasphemy. Take a moment to remember what it was to be a child and then imagine how you might have handled the burden. Kudos to Moore and his bravery, talent and really cool outlook on Life.
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Summary: Unbelievable----simply amazing
Review: ...I read this book and frankly haven't laughed so hard reading a book since Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series. This in a way concerned me. I am by faith a Christian. I asked my minister about this book and he read it and felt it to be utterly amusing. ... People of the Christian and other faiths are constantly stereotyped as being narrowminded right wing conservatives with no sense of humor, etc. That is just not the case ... This is not a anti-religious book. It is not a anti-church book. It is a work of FICTION that just happens to have Jesus, during his time as a young man, as the central figure. This is a work of fiction. Chris Moore is known as an author who writes ina style that makes people laugh at the absurd. This he does well. I have read all Mr. Moore's works. Lamb is the best read and I literary can not wait for his next installment.
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Summary: Be Not Disgruntled
Review: Don't judge the book without actually reading it first. Lamb is incredibly funny, but it is also a well thought out look at the life of Jesus Christ. Whenever Jesus appears in a work of fiction it is usually either as a hateful parody (Gore Vidal did this) or as someone that the Writer at the very least likes and respects (Tom Holt, Kurt Vonnegut, and Anthony Burgess all come to mind). Chris Moore falls under the latter catagory. There is nothing in the book that is meant to be overly offensive to the hundreds of millions of people who actually worship Christ (A group that includes myself).
So that being said, anyone who is not going to automatically knee-jerk reject the book through preconcieved misconceptions should pick this up. Moore is a great story teller with a gift for characterizations and blending the fantastic with the every day. Sort of like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, except in English and a lot funnier. Or Vonnegut with likeable characters.
The Book is told from the point of view of Levi who is called Biff, the childhood friend of Jesus (Joshua ben Joseph for those of us who don't feel the need to translate everything Hebrew into Greek). Biff provides an everyman commentary on the events in Christ's life and ministry. Lamb is a moving look at the life of Jesus, a thoughtful commentary on religion and faith, an interesting look at the historical events of two thousand years ago, and it is also really really funny.
Laugh out loud while reading so that the people around you look at you in a strange way kind of funny.
It's really that good.
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Summary: From a Right Wing Southern Baptist
Review: I thought the book was hysterical and as with Python's "Life of Brian" the more you know about the Bible the funnier it is. (You get the inside jokes) Any Christian reading this would realize that Chris did his job with lots of research. Most of us has sat in Church listening to sermons on Christ's life and thought "If I'd been there" and that is what Biff is in this book. He is us yelling at the other dispels "what are you, stupid or something" for there lack of faith at times, or at the Pharisees for being a bunch of A-holes. He is the comic relief and instigator of fun. Jesus was half human, he did run and play as a child. I am sure that some of these things that happens in the book are not far from the truth. However there are some that are.
But this book never claims to be anything but a fictional story of Jesus's childhood and life. As a Christian I found this book only agreed with my faith and did nothing to tear it down.
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Summary: In times like these...
Review: ...LAMB is exactly what we need--it's the perfect marriage of humor and humanity. Hilarious, touching, and wise--anyone who reads and loves this book (and all of Chris Moore's others) is a friend of mine (not that that's such a coup, but you get my drift). He obviously did his homework and then set his incredible imagination loose. What he has come up with for us is nothing short of absolutely original, filled with fun and heart. If Christ exists--and if he does he's surely an avid reader--he'll love this. Pass it on...
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny
Review: LAMB is one of those books that make people in the other room come in an check to see what all the ruckus is about. I haven't laughed so hard reading a book in a while. I believe it to be C.Moore's best to date, and I have read him from the very start. This story has a tip of the hat to Tom Sawyer and puts a spin on the greatest story ever told with wit and an under-lying reverance.
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