Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job

Pros: Imaginative, heartfelt and funnier than Hell
Cons: It will be compared with Lamb

Since I reviewed Lamb first, all other Moore books will end up being reviewed against it. That’s setting the bar pretty high. Plot Synopsis: Charlie Asher has no delusions about his status in life. There are Alpha Males ...

Pros: Funny, great dialog, interesting characters and lots of odd humor (as usual)
Cons: Not his best work, but pretty funny.

Charlie - the typical Beta Male - is about to have his first child, and is wandering through his life as Beta Males do: worrying about everything that he can, and trying to provide the most stable environment for 'The One' woman who truly loves him. But ...

Pros: I averaged about a laugh a page for most of the book.
Cons: An ending too weird even for Moore fans.

Charlie Asher is a beta male, which means that his success in life is not tied to his charisma or leadership potential, but rather to his ability to look ahead and see possible problems, and to plan accordingly.  It is a sad irony, then, when ...

Pros: A brisk read. Endearing characters. Angry dogs. Dog by-products.
Cons: Ending is shaky and hastily tied together.

If you've read any books in the last five years and you haven't heard of Christopher Moore, then listen closely. That sound you hear is the sound of me, in my car, driving to your house to slap you. You'd better pray that your door is locked. My ...

Pros: Excellent characters, brilliant humor
Cons: Slightly more serious than his other books

What are the guys that aren’t Alpha Males? Why they are Beta Males of course! Charlie Asher is the quintessential Beta Male… amazed and terrified by women, passive aggressive, and perpetually panicking over his hyperactive imagination. Poor Charlie ...

Pros: A definite page-turner! A true battle of good and evil in unsuspecting sources!
Cons: You'll think twice before throwing trash down sewer grates or wandering down dark alleys!

We begin with joy and tragedy, then move on. Anyone who has ever test-driven a job from hell will tell you about their grief. That's a given. But what if you had the worst job of all; people looked right through while you're at work, you were ...

Pros: Really funny, wonderful characters, very interesting.
Cons: I wish I bought the hard cover. That's the only one.

It was her fault. She told me- DEMANDED- that I read this book. Before that I had stopped reading as much as I used to so I was a little wary. Lazy? No, wary. She handed me her hard cover. I liked the front, with the little baby in the carriage and the ...

Pros: Extremely funny
Cons: None

I have to be honest: I had never heard of Christopher Moore before that fateful day in the book store. I was merely browsing shelf after shelf, trying to find new summer reading material, when I stumbled upon a row of books with brightly colored covers. ...

Pros: An engaging story that's at the same time a relaxed read.
Cons: You'll never get the teletubby visual out of your head.

This was the first book I read by comedic god Christopher Moore, recommended to me by a good friend with great taste in humor. I was far from disappointed and have since read every scrap of prose this guy has put out. Christopher Moore has an imagination ...