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odomaf's review against another edition
4.0
Things get a little "shaggy dog" in this version, but the ending of the book is fantastic and well worth sticking with the wild story.
emjanereads's review against another edition
2.0
I am a big fan of Christopher Moore's earlier books, but was not fond of this one. The characters were too obnoxious and the storyline wasn't compelling or entertaining. I didn't like Fool, Moore's other recent title, either-- I may not read another of his.
benlundns's review against another edition
2.0
I can only give the story two stars. Every character felt like a caricature of how the author felt they should act. The pre-teen girl felt like an exaggerated example of an obnoxious teenager, the stoners felt like stoners from every Pineapple Express-esqe movie ever. The gay best friend, and so on and so on. There were enjoyable parts to the book and some funny scenes, but the sheer unbelievability of the characters took me out of it every time. I'll stick to Dave Barry for my humour, I like ludicrious scenes, ridiculous premises, but I like my characters to act like real people. The people in this book did not feel like real people to me.
marklidstone's review against another edition
3.0
The first two books in this series were amazing. This one, while still good, was not as fun. There was a lot of Abby Normal. Don't get me wrong, I love Abby, but her blog writing stops being funny. When her character was first introduced in book two, they made me roar with laughter, they got old fast in this book. I still had fun, read through it really fast, just not great in comparison to the others.
ericbuscemi's review against another edition
3.0
While still plagued with some of the problems of the second book -- a bloated cast, and ADHD point-of-view switches -- as well as some new problems -- like the fact that the main characters from the first two books, Tommy and Jody, are absent for the first half of the book -- this book was an ultimately satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, as it has a fitting conclusion that ties up the many, many loose ends that were fraying the edges of the second and third books. I just hope Christopher Moore leaves well enough alone and does not write a fourth book in this love story.
emilycalvert's review against another edition
2.0
Well, I read this for a book club, but the person who selected it was not aware that it s part of a series, which explained a lot, so my rating is probably not completely fair. I found Abby's way of speaking very hard to follow so I often had to reread sections. It also seemed strange to me that the cops were not rattled at all when they realized that vampires and vampire cats were roaming around? Obviously this isn't non-fiction, but a lot of the story didn't make sense. It's just not my cup of tea.
willwork4airfare's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not sure how I did this, but once, a long time ago, I accidentally read the second book in this series, but I really liked it, so I planned to go back and read the first one. And that's what I thought I was doing as I read this, but then I came to review it on Goodreads and found out it was the third, so I guess I give up on this series.
The story is exciting and the characters are all weird and interesting in their own ways. The only unbearable part of the book was Abby Normal's narration. She can't just say anything, she has to make up ridiculous, long-winded nicknames (like "manga-haired love monkey") and she basically just weirds everyone in the book out and she kind of weirded me out too. I'm really curious if I would've liked the book better if I had read the first two consecutively, but this one was still a good, light read. A little silly at times, but when Abby isn't narrating, Christopher Moore is actually a really awesome author and I love the way he writes.
I don't know if I would recommend this one but maybe try reading the first book in the series?
The story is exciting and the characters are all weird and interesting in their own ways. The only unbearable part of the book was Abby Normal's narration. She can't just say anything, she has to make up ridiculous, long-winded nicknames (like "manga-haired love monkey") and she basically just weirds everyone in the book out and she kind of weirded me out too. I'm really curious if I would've liked the book better if I had read the first two consecutively, but this one was still a good, light read. A little silly at times, but when Abby isn't narrating, Christopher Moore is actually a really awesome author and I love the way he writes.
I don't know if I would recommend this one but maybe try reading the first book in the series?
murphmurph's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0