Reviews

A Phule and His Money by Peter J. Heck, Robert Lynn Asprin

redentrapy's review

4.0

A great third book to an absolutely hilarious series. In this book Willard Phule (aka Captain Jester) uses the breaking of rules to help the Legion get money, a peaceful alliance with an alien species, and two fighting parties are now rivals instead of enemies. He has shown his commanding officers that there rules and regulations are hurting them more than helping them and that they need to change the way they do things. Phule has made the worst Legion group the best in a very short period of time. This series is absolutely hilarious with the completely different personalities pitted together in strange combination that makes you laugh and read in awe of how well opposites work together. Personalities such as a fake yakuza, a biker, a gourmet chef, a chaplain to Elvis Presley, a warthog, 3 six-foot talking cats, a mouth, a butler, a billionaire, strong-willed women, and a dinosaur. Great fun. Recommend this series.

lprnana6572's review

4.0

Funny.

ogreart's review

4.0

Entertaining! I love Asprin's sense of the ridiculous. And the way the story just keeps on building and building. Gotta get to the next one now.

adularia25's review

3.0

Sadly, this book does not live up to the two previous books in the series (Phule's Company and Phule's Paradise.) The problems are many: most of the major characters undergo personality changes (Rose, Sushi, Escrima, to name a few), details carried over from the first two books have been changed, sometimes changed mid-book... It is as if Heck didn't bother to look over Aspirin's notes (or even just read the first two books) before joining Aspirin to write this one. The book is still lighthearted and amusing, but don't expect it to be anywhere near the same level of humor as the first two.

tessla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

olityr's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

vaderbird's review

4.0

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

cmbohn's review

5.0

I think I liked Phule's Paradise better, but this one was great.

Captain Willard Phule has whipped his Space Legion troops into shape. It's time for the next challenge. And this one involves roller coasters. And a swamp. And Gambolts, which are people-sized cats. And the IRS. And a lizard-like alien. And a biker gang. And a butler. And a few other things, but you've got to read it to believe it.

vailynst's review

3.0

Notes:

#3 had too much going on to be appreciated. I've come to enjoy the mix of dialogue & active scenes that drive the plot in the series. However, that wasn't as well done in this installment. Too much going on and not enough time spent on them to make them really work within the story world. It made the humor dry as sandpaper and clever sequences come off as cheesy events.

kaeritha's review

2.0

I don't know if it was the collaboration or just that the joke should have ended with the second book. The characters are very static and shallow and don't really support a continued series as any growth of the character only results in them not being interesting anymore. However, if books 3-5 had at least felt and read like the first two, I'd have read them all. I bought 3 and 4 at the same time because I had enjoyed the first two so much. I managed to get through this one and it was ok, but it was such a disappointment that I've never gotten around to reading #4. And they got up to #6.