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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another terrific book from Christopher Moore,
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This review is from: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Hardcover)
It was a difficult decision, do I read the book in one sitting or read it slowly and enjoy every chapter. The small town of Pine Cove has more than its share of interesting characters - Theo Crowe, the pot-smoking constable; Molly Michon, the town's crazy who was the star of B movies; Mavis Sand - the owner of the Head of the Slug Saloon; Catfish Jefferson, a Blues singer; Valerie Riordan, the town shrink who heavily medicates a good portion of the town's population; and Gabe Fenton, an animal bioloist. Add a sea monster named Steve who terrorizes the community, causing an outbreak of horniness among the residents, and you have a rollicking adventure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lawmen, libido and . . . lizards??,
By Stephen A. Haines (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Paperback)
Theophilus Crowe is a Constable. That's not quite a real lawman. He's not certain what it means, nor are the residents of Pine Cove. In this hidden town on a remote shore facing the Pacific Ocean, Pine Cove's Constable has little to do beyond maintaining the peaceful setting and worrying about his cannabis crop. His musings are rudely interrupted by a suicide. The death brings forth minions of the County Sheriff while evokes a spectre of faulty practice to the town's resident psychiatrist. Another spectre resides in the memories of Molly Michon, former skin-flick Warrior Princess of the Outland who bears a scar that demolished her career. Still getting jollies when she flourishes her sword, she's a formidable friend.Molly finds a friend - "Steve" [no relation]. Steve's problem requires lengthy explanation - reaching, in fact, deep into prehistoric time. Steve is a shape-shifting, pheromone-emitting oceanic resident who's hungry. And horny. Piqued by a waft of radioactive leakage, Steve wends his way to Pine Cove in search of meals and mating. His ability to disguise himself keeps his mass invisible, but his musk attracts susceptible humans in droves. Molly becomes his mentor and protector, but there are other circumstances interfering with her ability to mother-hen a monster that devours people in a gulp. What exactly, is County Sheriff Burton up to? And what do a psychiatrist and a biologist have to talk about? Moore's ability to create characters and circumstances is worthy of much applause. It's difficult to identify a "real" person among this assemblage. Yet, none of them is contrived nor severely exaggerated. Even Skinner, a rambunctious Labrador, proves a valid depiction. Psychiatrist Valerie Riordan struggles to keep professionalism, personality and pharmacists in some kind of balance. The intrusion of the monster lizard [?? - we're not certain of its actual shape] nearly tips the balance. Moore, by limiting each vignette to a manageable length, keeps the character development and episodes alive and closely present as you page through the book. It's not something you want to read in bits and pieces - the continuity demands rather close attention. A fine book for a holiday or long air flight, Moore's work rewards the reader for their time and attention.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sex, Lust, Depression, Medications, Every Day Life,
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This review is from: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Paperback)
Pine Cove, California, hometown of the depressed, crack pots, sex crazed and just plain crazy folk. Yup, you'll find 'em all here. Of the 5,000, the only one who really knows what is going on is Dr Val, the local psychiatrist. The town constable is usually marijuanaed up. The local bar owner, Mavis is counting on the blues and depression and boy, oh, and boy is she happy! This all sounds a little like "Desperate Housewives". It all started when Bess Leander was found hanging from one of her chair hooks, but this wasn't a funny thing- she was dead. She lived in a home that was so free of dust that she drove her family crazy with her obsessive compulsive disease. But it shook Dr Val to the core, 15% of all depressed people commit suicide, and she figured she couldn't go there. She convinced the local pharmacist, who has a strange sexual fixation for sea mammals, to give everyone on anti-depressants a sugar pill. Then the fun began. The nuclear power plant in town has had a nuclear leak so that the monster in the bay, or Steve, the prehistoric lizard is awakened and oh, my gosh, what a lively monster he is. The other members of the town who are enmeshed in this lively story are trying to sort things out. Molly, the former B-Movie star who augments her parts- first out of vanity, then out of need, the pot head town constable, Theo Crowe, who bumbles so much he causes great concern to the crooked sheriff Burton. There is a bereaved local artist and a biologist tracking anomalous behavior in rats. And, into this mix comes a black, blues singer who plays the guitar like a vixen. This all sounds like my hometown, and yours? Christopher Moore has written one of the zaniest novels I have read and so much fun. It certainly brought me out of a funk- can't wait to read the rest of his novels. This is a fun lively book and highly recommended. prisrob
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