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Summary: The Second Coming of Douglas Adams?
Review: This is the first of Moore's books I've read, and it certainly won't be the last. When I first dove into "Fluke," it was reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet's "Where is Joe Merchant" in its feel, and that's a good thing in my book. I settled in for what I thought would be a nice, leisurely read. Since I live in Hawaii, I thought it would be fun to see how someone else sees my island home and its assortment of colorful characters -- and our part-time residents, the humpbacks. But once the story really kicked into gear, it reminded me a great deal of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker" series (which are among my favorites): a far-out fantasy story told with a great deal of style and humor. His characters are vividly drawn, and you really get the feeling you know them, and, more importantly, you like them. But in spite of his humorous approach, you never lose sight of the mystery and majesty that are the great whales. I had a difficult time putting "Fluke" down, and would wholeheartedly recommend this book. I'm only hoping his others are as much fun as this one, because I can't wait to get to them!
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Summary: Shut up, and stop killing whales!!!
Review: This was a truly great book. It had action, mystery, romance, Hawaii, and things that are big and wet. Who needs anything more than that? This is definitely one of my favorite Moore novels. It's always amazing to see an author whose craft is more and more developed with each book that comes out, and he started out with Practical Demonkeeping, which is hard to beat.I don't want to ruin a second of the book for anyone so all I have left to say is this: buy this book. If you like to laugh, it's well worth the price.
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Summary: Way too weird to be funny or entertaining.
Review: This was my first Christopher Moore book, and may be my last. This book started off good enough, I liked the people, their situation, and the interactions between each one. It started off as a good, somewhat humorous tale about whaling research. Funny, amusing - pretty much what I hoped for.
Then all of sudden, the plot went out there. The second half of the book was a giant, "what the heck is this?". From whaling research in Hawaii, it switches to a story about whale boy hybrids, giant Goos controlling the seas, and Amelia Earhart. It just was too out there to be interesting or funny.
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Summary: Started out great....then took a wrong turn
Review: This was my first of Moore's books. I just happened to pick it up at my local bookstore and read the back of the book and laughed outloud at the premise. I read the first couple of chapters at the store and had to buy it to see what would occur with these wonderful characters. The characters are well thought out, very personable and with such interesting dialogue you feel like you are a fly on the wall in the book. I sped through the first half of the book laughing and enjoying myself immensely, and then BOOM...it became a sci-fi book before my eyes. The dialogue was not nearly as quick and the story became positively dull at times, so much so that I shamefully admit to skimming the last 100 pages of the book just to finish it up and praying for a return to what I had enjoyed. This book hasn't made me not want to read other Moore books, but next time around I will probably check them out from my local library to save a couple of bucks.
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