Smashingly good! Just as funny as Fool and now featuring a serpent in the canals of Venice.
#pocket #jester #shakespeare
Christopher Moore is so god damn funny. Even my beardy thinks so.
#beardeddragonsoflitsy #petsoflitsy #blackcomedy
Pocket is back with a new adventure, turning Othello and the Merchant of Venice into comedies. Fun as always, and the addition of the dragon makes all the difference!
My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE1I_f-t1SY
Enjoy!
Just finished. It is a cross between Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice and Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. It was very good.
I love Christopher Moore, he makes Shakespeare fun! This one is a mix of Othello and Merchant of Venice with a dragon shagging a fool to top it all. Good fun!
I loved this book. If you have a sense of humor and you're not put off by a little (aka massive amounts) swearing, you should definitely try this. 💖📚🐉🃏
Just started this one. Signed by one of my favorites. Seriously what took me so long? 💖📚🐍🃏
If possible this was even more fun on audio than when I read it. Morton does a great job of bringing the story to life & I found it very difficult to refrain from rolling in the floor dying of laughter at work while I listened. After all, every work day can be improved with some heinous f***ery!
This book breathed new life into my soul. This is the second book in the Fool series. It reads like a standalone novel; great for me because i don't have the first one. It is based on three works: The merchant of Venice, Othello, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. The plotting was impeccable. I could tell the distinct works from the dialogue and what was original writing. There is also a sarcastic narrator known only as the chorus.
This was full of silliness and snark, exactly what I was in the mood for. I find Christopher Moore a bit variable. Absolutely loved #ADirtyJob, found #Fluke pretty enjoyable and was very bored by #Lamb. But this was right on the sweet spot of action and smart-assery. And all the Shakespeare references and jokes were great fun.
"An albatross is a crashing great bird, innit? You can't just go garrotting a small child with it, that would be heinous, even for nuns."
For #awesomeaudiobooks these Christopher Moore novels are hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣 They are all read by Euan Morton. Fool is a parody of King Lear, Serpent of Venice is a Shakespeare-ish tale, and Sacre Bleu, though I haven't read it yet (I'm saving it), is apparently Toulouse-Lautrec trying to solve Van Gogh's murder. Seriously: laugh out loud, tears running down my face. Or maybe that's just me 🤣 #marchintoreading
Silly fun book. Love the witty insults. Here's how I envision the fool's confusion over serpent/mermaid...not my drawing. Serpent as confused as the fool about what it actually is! 😜
#somethingforseptember Not the best book map ever, but beautiful in my signed copy! ❤️ Christopher Moore!
Mr. Moore is one of the most hilarious writers I've come across. I love his main character Pocket, such caustic wit!! Two thumbs up.
A fun mash-up of Shakespeare and Poe starring Moore's indefatigable and profane licensed fool, Pocket. If you enjoy Shakespeare for the outrageously rude insults, this will be your jam - otherwise a little slight overall.
Oh, take me back to Venice! Own this copy but also checked out the audiobook because Euan Morton is fantastic!