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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I just wasn't in the right head space to enjoy this book in the way I normally would. The humor is there, the Shakespeare references were good (This book is a play on Midsummer Night's Dream). If I could have focused on what I was listening to, I probably would have rated it much higher. I will try again at a later date when I can focus better.
Christopher Moore being Christopher Moore, playing with Shakespeare again—what could be bad?
He’s always funny, but in the Pocket books he shows off a particular flair for colorful insults that I desperately envy. I always try to remember them, to drop them into conversations at appropriate moments, but I never quite manage it; it’s most frustrating. How do I forget phrases like “bumptious barrel of bear wank”?
He’s always funny, but in the Pocket books he shows off a particular flair for colorful insults that I desperately envy. I always try to remember them, to drop them into conversations at appropriate moments, but I never quite manage it; it’s most frustrating. How do I forget phrases like “bumptious barrel of bear wank”?
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Made it a few chapters. Not as gripping as his others. The Fool series seems tired.
I did not expect that. At all. Even in the slightest. I know I am reading this out of order and I know I need to read Fool and Serpent of Venice but this took me by complete surprise.
I wanted to rwsd a Shakespeare retelling as well as a comedy and yet I really didn't expect them to coincide.
This was obscene, hilarious, insightful and astonishingly endearing.
I must go find the rest of the Fool books and guzzle them down.
I wanted to rwsd a Shakespeare retelling as well as a comedy and yet I really didn't expect them to coincide.
This was obscene, hilarious, insightful and astonishingly endearing.
I must go find the rest of the Fool books and guzzle them down.
Hilarious! I love, love, LOVE this series and can't wait to get my hands on the final print edition. I so very much appreciate Moore's wicked sense of humor and foul mouth. I particular love his send up of Shakespeare and his mash up of different plays. Fantastic, as always.
Thank you to William Morrow and Edelweiss for the free e-ARC!
Thank you to William Morrow and Edelweiss for the free e-ARC!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway, and I couldn't have been happier. Moore has had my heart ever since I stumbled upon Lamb and declared it the best book ever written. So hearing that this book was taking my beloved Pocket of Dog Snogging and placing him in the middle of my favorite Shakespeare play, I had already signed my name on the dotted line and waited in anticipation for my copy to arrive.
And it was everything I hoped it would be. Pocket running amok, terrorizing and taking the piss out of aristocrats, perverted fairies grinding up on anything that moves, Drool being Drool, twists and turns, heinous fuckery, genius dialog, and amongst all that, Moore manages to make this foul mouthed fool a beacon of hope, even in these dark days.
And it was everything I hoped it would be. Pocket running amok, terrorizing and taking the piss out of aristocrats, perverted fairies grinding up on anything that moves, Drool being Drool, twists and turns, heinous fuckery, genius dialog, and amongst all that, Moore manages to make this foul mouthed fool a beacon of hope, even in these dark days.