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Summary: creative and funny
Review: Practical Demonkeeping was a very funny and unique book. While this book is not for everyone - I certainly laughed aloud on several occasions.I liked the characters and thought that it was great for a beach or bus/airplane read. Enjoy this book - it is a guilty pleasure.
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Summary: Great book and a lot of fun!
Review: I read this book in one day, that's how much I liked it! You aren't going to "learn" anything, or come to any philosophical revelations reading this book, however, you will laugh a lot and you will have fun. Christopher Moore is an entertaining, intelligent and witty author! I cannot wait to read more from this gifted writer!
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Summary: Christopher Poore writes because he enjoys it.
Review: I first read this book when I was in the Navy four years ago. I was the first to read it and it got passed around the ship through many hands before I saw the tattered copy in eager hands on the mess decks some months later. I couldn't wait to get off watch to find out what was going to happen. When I got to the end I was truly satisfied. Since then I have read much on mythology and discovered that much of the Jewish tradition which Mr. Moore draws from was accurate! Catch may not have been one of the Demons which Solomon "employed" but it is a common belief that Solomon did use demons to build his Temple. I still have a copy of this book and pass it around. I have never heard an ill word said of it.
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Summary: You just can't put it down
Review: I was hooked at the last line of the first chapter! I couldn't wait to get home from work, feed the kids, get in the shower and go to bed to read. I even put off getting online, and that's unusual for me, but this story was so great. I had to see what happened next. Now I wish it'd never ended. I look forward to reading more of Moore. In fact, I think I'll read this one again!
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Summary: Original story, fast paced
Review: Christopher Moore has a style of writing that is very undemanding on the reader. This makes for an enjoyable, easy read - but doesn't leave much of an impression. For what the book is, a humorous foray into life with a flesh eating demon, it's a good book, but don't expect much or you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Oh why did I wait so long?!
Review: A teacher of mine suggested that I read Practical Demonkeeping about three years ago. I ignored him. But whenever I'd finish a book and wonder what was next, that unforgettable name kept popping up in my head so I gave it a shot. I am now on my third Christopher Moore masterpiece and I am still laughing out loud. And now, I don't have to wonder what's next...there are two more I haven't gotten to yet. Read this book. You'll buy the other four before you're half way through!
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Summary: Christopher Moore is funny, brilliant and weird
Review: "Practical Demonkeeping" is the funniest book I have read in ages. Christopher Moore is such a welcome change from all the other tired, un-hip authors who somehow keep managing to get published. I recommend this story wholeheartedly to anyone who craves weird but lovable characters. Or anybody who just loves a happy ending. Without giving away too much, I must say that the human characters are surprisingly modern but not mainstream and while fantastic, are totally recognizable. As for the supernatural characters, their personalities are very fixed, evolved and side splittingly funny. I'm sure that when I meet other Moore fans, all I will have to say is "Excuse me, but could I trouble you for a pinch of salt" to send them into gales of hysterical laughter. On one hand, I'd like everyone to read this wonderful, truly original story; on the other, I'd like to keep it and Christopher Moore all to myself. If you are a goth, Goddess worshipper, horror fan, hippie, stoner, philosopher, twisted or have ever spent time in Northern California, you HAVE to read this book.
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud Funny!!
Review: I just finished "Practical Demonkeeping" a few weeks ago, and have read 2 more Christopher Moore novels since. I love his style of writing, all 3 books had me Laughing Out Loud! I'm looking forward to reading the other two, and all he writes from here on in. Fantastic, inspiring, funny reading!
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Summary: A good change of pace
Review: This isn't the typical type of book that I read, but it was a lot of fun. I have since picked up several other books by Christoper Moore. This is a great story!
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Summary: A promising start, but too insubstantial
Review: Christopher Moore's "Practical Demonkeeping" is an interesting novel. Moore is an extraordinarily funny writer, and the book almost reads like an extended stand-up routine for parts of it. Unfortunately, though, Moore tries to weave in far too many disjointed themes and characters, and the book suffers as a result. He switches repeatedly between stories, paying dutiful homage to notions of backstory and character development without every fully embracing them. And that is a shame because there is so much to like in the book. The story is about Catch, a demon, and his travelling companion, Travis, a man who appears to be in his twenties if only because he has not aged since meeting Catch. The two make their way to Pine Cove, California, where an oddball assortment of locals unknowingly awaits the events that will unfold. And those events, given Catch's taste for humans, do not promise to be all wine and roses. When a Djinn shows up, too, a confrontatio! n is in the works. The Djinn and Travis hope to rid themselves and the world of Catch. But Catch soon develops plans of his own. The style and substance of "Practical Demonkeeping" bear more than a little resemblance to those of Jane Heller's "Infernal Affairs." Both novels deal with supernatural nemeses in comic pieces. But Heller's characters are more compelling, while those in "Practical Demonkeeping" are, for the most part, caricatures whose quirks are lovingly explored but for whom there is no real emotional attachment. Still, Moore's considerable skill as a crafter of prose and his humor make the novel pass easily and enjoyably. It's just that the chapters seem more like anecdotes that, in the end, happen to be connected.
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