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Summary: A wild ride!
Review: Thoroughly enjoyable. Funny with a bit of sadness. It's a wild ride through the life of Sam Hunter.
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Summary: A well-crafted, hilarious book: a "keeper."
Review: Moore is an excellent writer with what I hope will be a long, long life and career in front of him. His work is contagious. Read it.
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Summary: outrageously funny, yet morally relevant
Review: I bought the book because I was intrigued by the cover. Laughed out loud while reading it, and was sorry when it ended. Have recommended it to many and bought a second copy when the one I loaned never came back. There is a thread of spirituality and moral lesson throughout without a hint of preaching to be found. Loved it!
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Summary: It's magic!!!
Review: Christopher Moore has once (again) weaved his magic with Coyote Blue. Since "stumbling" on Practical Demonkeeping in a library one day, I have ALWAYS anxiously awaited anything from him, and Coyote Blue made it all worth while!! I've read ALL of his books, right up to the latest "Island of the Sequined Love Nun", and he just keeps getting better!!! Christopher Moore's books are what reading is all about, sheer pleasure!!!! I know I always get sad as I near the end of his books, because I just don't want them to end, they're that good!
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Summary: Recommended it to everyone I know
Review: Rarely have I read a book that had me laughung aloud at the very opening scene. But this book was more than mere comedy. It opened a view of folk culture uncluttered by anthropologic accuracy or scientific specificity. It was written with humor and insight. An uncommon jewel.
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Summary: Laughed\Cried
Review: Not only did this book make me laugh like a fool and cry like a baby, the author replied to my E-mail 15 minutes after I sent it. He is toooo funny, telling a story of Native American folk lore. If you like the absurd mixed with the surreal, read this book. Then go out and buy his others. I'm now reading "Blooding Sucking Fiends." Oh, yes.
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Summary: Great understated redemption story, well told, with humor.
Review: In addition to the often mentioned humor and twists of plot in Chris Moore's Coyote Blue, there is a very well done story of a life lost and redeemed.
Somewhere early on in the story I became aware, almost subconciously, of the saddness of the protagonist's plight. Forced to deny his personal identity, one out of the mainstream of the society he is forced to spend his life in, Sam's highly developed coping skills are just beginning to crack when the Trickster appears. The zany antics of the Trickster only contribute to Sam's redemption.
Moore's development of this aspect of the plot is really remarkable as it manages to come through, in a subtle yet relentless manner, in the midst of all the other elements of the story. This is an indication of how developed is Moore's writing technique and no small tribute to his stroy telling skill. This book works very well on several levels
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Summary: Probably the Best
Review: Christopher Moore is my favorite author and this is probably his best work. "Coyote Blue" on the surface is an excellent suspense and love story. But as you peel back the layers upon layers, you find deeper meaning. The Trickster is alive and well and easily recognized in many people we know and Mr. Moore made this harsh reality visible and funny. How can you not love a book with magic, faith restored, life renewed, true love conquering all, and a coyote humping a white leather sofa. <G> It has it all! The storytelling is done by the master and the humor is unrelenting as the trickster weaves his tale. A must read book! I really did laugh out loud through most of it and cried at least once. I just can't say enough about this book. Except, if you read it, you will thank me! I loved every carefully chosen word.
Erma Arthur, Reading Forum Assistant, MS
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Summary: Chris Moore is going right to the top.
Review: It seems this author started out as a well kept secret and is becoming the darling of the literary crowd - at least on the Internet! If you haven't read Coyote Blue, you'd better step it up. This is a book for everyone. Well researched, its philosophy is shrouded in serendipitous whimsey and moments of down right, laugh out loud, humor. Moore juxtaposes Native American Folk Lore against the crass gawdiness of American materialism, sending a culture clash reverberation that will stir your soul and evoke your laughter. Even intellectual curmedgeons have been caught guffawing over this one. Consider it your gift giving solution for 1997
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Summary: Crow with delight....
Review: A really compelling read. This was the first C. Moore book I read, and it made me search down the rest. Somehow, Moore takes whatever seems impossible and makes it probable, witty, and delicious. This is one of the best authors I've read in a really long time
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