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A review by labunnywtf
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
4.0
So, I'm like a Santa's helper of death?
Huge respect to Christopher Moore, I loved [b:Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal|28881|Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal|Christopher Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331419009s/28881.jpg|3346728] so much, but I still hesitated when it came to reading a new one by him. I don't know why, it's a thing I do.
I have a serious love for Grim Reaper stories, and this is such an amazing spin on it. I loved it so much that I turned around immediately and got the audiobook for [b: Secondhand Souls|23460830|Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2)|Christopher Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1434397134s/23460830.jpg|42753848] so that I wouldn't have to wait to finish the story.
There's so many fun bits of mythology here. The idea that when you die, your soul transfers to an object that held special significance for you. This can be a book, CD, umbrella.
Breast implant.
Anything!
And it transfers to another person, when that person finds your soul vessel. It calls to them, a person can't just randomly get another's soul by grabbing their old Doc Martens. Reincarnation via commerce.
Which means that there are people walking around with no soul. It affects nothing, they aren't the antichrist or anything. But the idea is kind of amazing. I'm obsessed with the mythology.
Charlie, and his fellow Death Merchants, own some form of second hand shop, where they sell these. And they're tasked with running around getting the soul vessels. They don't take the souls directly from the person's being, they just have to find the bright red glowing soul vessel before...well, before the Underworld rises and everything goes to Hell. Which seems like poor planning on their part. What if someone in the family threw away the person's soul vessel before they got there?
Though the scene where collecting a soul is like collecting a debt was freaking genius.
I saw the twist with Sophie coming right at the beginning, but it was fun waiting for it to play out. I like all of the characters, most especially Mr Fresh. So fun.
Jane's description makes me think of Desire from the Sandman series. I was tickled and wondered if we'd get someone who looked like Delirium and Dream, but let's face it, Charlie is no Death.
Well, sweet tidy bowl Jesus skipping on the blue toilet water!
Steeeeeealing.
Huge respect to Christopher Moore, I loved [b:Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal|28881|Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal|Christopher Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331419009s/28881.jpg|3346728] so much, but I still hesitated when it came to reading a new one by him. I don't know why, it's a thing I do.
I have a serious love for Grim Reaper stories, and this is such an amazing spin on it. I loved it so much that I turned around immediately and got the audiobook for [b: Secondhand Souls|23460830|Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2)|Christopher Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1434397134s/23460830.jpg|42753848] so that I wouldn't have to wait to finish the story.
There's so many fun bits of mythology here. The idea that when you die, your soul transfers to an object that held special significance for you. This can be a book, CD, umbrella.
Breast implant.
Anything!
And it transfers to another person, when that person finds your soul vessel. It calls to them, a person can't just randomly get another's soul by grabbing their old Doc Martens. Reincarnation via commerce.
Which means that there are people walking around with no soul. It affects nothing, they aren't the antichrist or anything. But the idea is kind of amazing. I'm obsessed with the mythology.
Charlie, and his fellow Death Merchants, own some form of second hand shop, where they sell these. And they're tasked with running around getting the soul vessels. They don't take the souls directly from the person's being, they just have to find the bright red glowing soul vessel before...well, before the Underworld rises and everything goes to Hell. Which seems like poor planning on their part. What if someone in the family threw away the person's soul vessel before they got there?
Though the scene where collecting a soul is like collecting a debt was freaking genius.
I saw the twist with Sophie coming right at the beginning, but it was fun waiting for it to play out. I like all of the characters, most especially Mr Fresh. So fun.
Jane's description makes me think of Desire from the Sandman series. I was tickled and wondered if we'd get someone who looked like Delirium and Dream, but let's face it, Charlie is no Death.
Well, sweet tidy bowl Jesus skipping on the blue toilet water!
Steeeeeealing.