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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: THIS BOOK MADE ME A FAN
Review: This was the first Christopher Moore book I ever read and it made me an instant fan. It's difficult to pin down a specific genre because it's both humor and sci-fi. A monster arrives in town and falls in love with a woman. Everyone else in town begins to feel amorous. Very quirky characters. Laugh out loud situations and turns of phrase. Highly recommended.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of his wackiest
Review: I just had a few brief comments.

With a giant, prehistoric, horny, telepathic marine lizard named Steve who can induce erotic yearnings in other creatures for miles around (including humans) as the main character, this is possibly Moore's most outrageous novel yet. I got a kick out of the scene where the lust lizard tries to mate with the silver gas tanker truck, mistaking it for a female (the lust lizard having silver sides also) with the resulting explosion. Feeling rebuffed after having been blown about 100 feet into the air by the explosion, but not being much the worse for wear otherwise, the lizard thinks, "A simple no would have sufficed."

Anyway, you gotta love an author who can give you moments like that.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The perfect book for summer reading or when taking a trip!
Review: Dolly, a conductor on the Seattle Waterfront Streetcar, recommended this book to me and all I can say is thank you. I purchased it, along with the previous story "Practical Demon Keeping" for a recent trip to China and simply loved it.
Completely un-serious, silly, but fully engrossing this book made the 10 hour flight seem to pass as if measured in minutes. While not for children, parts get a bit racy at times, any adult should enjoy this book ... be it for reading in a plane, bus, car or on the beach. It is a welcome relief to everyday stress ... and anything that can make you laugh and keep a smile on your face is worth the time and expense.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This is a sinner's book
Review: This book has SEX in it ... SEX is the Devil's playground.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Lust Lizard Rules the Pages of this Book!
Review: Theo Crowe, a constable with a marijuana habit, is not having a good summer. He's got a nowhere job in a half-pint city (Pine Cove) and now everyone in town is starting to act wacko! What the hell is going on?

Turns out that Ms. Valerie Riordan. Pine Cove's local--and only--psychiatrist has taken everyone off their anti-depressants after the death of one of her patients. Val feels as if she is over-prescribing these medications and wants to be free of the shackles of pharmacology. The problem is, though, now everyone in town is a horn-dog and jumping each other's bones like a prarrie dog with a harem.

A Giant Sea Beast, prone to mood swings, lives in the deep water channel of the Monterey Bay. Turns out, he's a Lust Lizard. Whenever horny folk are about, he get's...well...a bit excited himself and wants a human snack.

Molly Michon, a washed-up B-movie actress, is one of Val's patients and when she comes off her meds, her brain chemistry goes out of whack. The Lust Lizard, now on land, finds Molly strangely attractive and a sexual encounter with a motorized weed-whacker soon ensues.

From bionic women, to blues men without the blues, I laughed myself silly reading this. My girlfriend nudged me whenever I giggled in bed, causing the mattress to shake while she tried to nod off for the night. "Stop it!" she'd say.

"I can't help it! This is so damn funny."

And you'll feel the same way. A story that comes together masterfully. Chris Moore is "Da Man."

A+ rating

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: No Moore, please... thanks.
Review: I quite often found the book loosing ground at times with a creative story line pulled together with odd characters. It has silly humor no doubt but, at times seemed like the author was stealing from Theo's little garden. Definitely light reading for those who need a giggle or two.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: As close to perfection as you can get.
Review: I think this is the funniest book I have ever read. I read this book in a day. While the humor is sexually charged, I never found it offensive or vulgar. What I love about Moore is that he constantly catches me off guard with his storytelling. You can clearly see his evolution from Practical Demonkeeping to Lust Lizard. He makes you care about his characters and sucks you into their lives without sacrificing the plot. You will never look at seafood the same way again.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A book to make you laugh outloud!
Review: This was my first Christopher Moore book, but it sure won't be my last. Let it be said that there is no socially redeeming value to this book, unless washing away the cares of the day with a fast, enjoyable, FUNNY and even occasionally slightly touching read is redeeming (which I think it is!!).

I won't try to summarize the plot, but among the elements of it, you've got this "lust lizard," which is really more of a horny undersea dinosaur. Then the hero is a town constable with a horrible marijuana habit. There's a washed-up, insane B-movie star living in a trailer. A bar owner who is made up mostly of fake parts. A biologist studying rats. A corrupt sheriff. A pharmacist with unnatural yearnings for sea mammals. A blues musician with a giant catfish in his past. And so on. You begin to get the idea.

What's fun about this book is that aside from the wacky plot, Moore writes with such verve and energy. It zooms along, peppered with lots of little asides and casual observations which in many ways are the funniest parts of the book. And while totally crazy and unlikely, the characters become very endearing as the book goes on, and there are even moments of romance which manage to VERY briefly add a touch of seriousness to the goings-on.

The book is not for kids. It does have some bad language, and while not exactly explicit, the sexuality that is explored is odd, to say the least. But for an adult with a slightly off-kilter sense of humor, I highly recommend it. Now, on to ISLAND OF SEQUINED LOVE NUNS!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not too substantial, but definitely enjoyable
Review: "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" is sort of like a good episode of "Seinfeld." You may not learn much reading it, and it certainly won't make you any wiser, but you'll probably wind up thoroughly amused. There isn't as much lurking under the surface here as there is in, say, a Chuck Palahniuk novel, but it's hard to deny Christopher Moore's vivid imagination and sense of humor. For a fast-paced, good-natured story with plenty of twists and turns, "Lust Lizard" is just about perfect.

The book concerns a sleepy California town, Pine Cove, that gets an unexpected visit from an ancient carnivorous sea monster seeking an old bluesman who has come to play at the local saloon. At the same time, the guilt-ridden town psychiatrist has taken her unsuspecting patients off their anti-depressants, and the combination of suppressed serotonin levels and the monster's presence turns the town's libido way up. What ensues is a likably wacky tale of vice, greed, and lust, where pretty much everybody is nursing a secret, a checkered past, or both. The book draws its humor from an abundance of sharply-drawn characters and outrageous situations, and Moore has a direct and witty writing style that makes for some easy and entertaining reading. The parade of offbeat characters includes a weed-addled town constable, an aging former scream queen, a group of religious zealots, a pharmacist with a strong affinity for marine mammals, and a lot more.

Overall, "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" makes for some excellent, semi-light reading. It does sag a bit in the middle, but it gets its momentum back in time for an unpredictable and chaotic conclusion that ends everything on a high note. Moore seems to have a knack for crafting characters, such as constable Theophilus Crowe, that are both flawed and symphathetic at the same time. I generally go for somewhat heavier reading, but if I'm in the mood for some levity I now know where to look. Highly recommended.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not Great
Review: I was hoping for something remotely like Tom Robbins' untouchable wit and imagination. Didn't get it. Fine to read at the beach or on a plane, but really just light entertainment. He certainly made an effort with the off-beat plot, but the writing didn't really carry it. It did remind me a bit of Carl Hiassen -- reasonably entertaining, but not inspirational.


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