( 14 reviews )
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( 0 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 26 2009
What a disappointment. After reading the first chapter of this book and observing that Christopher Moore enjoyed it, so I ordered it and thought it was going to be great. Well it went from great, to bad to worse very quickly. I made it through 3/4 of the book and finally said I can't go on. There is nothing creative about this book just a bunch of mumble jumble that makes no sense and you feel stupider for reading in. Im really surprised with all the positive reviews because I really struggled to read it and it shouldn't even be compared to christopher Moore's work.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 15 2009
This book is the absurdly funny tale of a Joe who is a time traveling tour guide. Joe's task is the go back in time and find out who has been traveling back in time and torturing his boss. I loved it! This is black comedy Monty Python style, it's dark, witty, surreal and raucously fun. If you are into Douglas Adams, Christopher Moore, Terry Gilliam or any of the other comparisons people have made, I think you will appreciate Chris Genoa's brand of bizarro comedy.
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jun 25 2009
OK, I was drawn to this by comparison. I like oddball, offbeat authors. This was a disappointment. It never actually got anywhere. This reads like a stream of consciousness that went unedited. I have to say this is a first effort and is worthy of an undergraduate writing program. But, I don't understand why they had to published it. I say read this author's 4th book. He should have it by then. If you are the author, throw away your next three books and start working on the 5th. I'd like to see more stories developed in the subtext. Try reading Robbins or Ruff, you'll have more fun.
