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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

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mizelse's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

0.25

The racism, sexism, ableism, and homophobia aside, this book was just plain boring. It was needlessly lengthened with immature jokes that appeared so frequently that by the end even an uninhibited thirteen-year-old boy would be tired of them. The pacing was terrible throughout. At one point, Biff complains about the fact that the gospel writers left out everything between Christ's childhood and his adult ministry and the section that takes up his quest to rectify this, a good 200 pages in the middle of the book, was undoubtedly the worst part of it, to the point that one understands why it was left out of the canonical gospels. I would have never finished this book if it weren't for the fact that I had to read it for a class. I had to push hard to get through anything past about page 150 and hated every minute of it. I am highly surprised at how high the rating is. Wholly irreverent while forgetting to be funny.
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