Coyote Blue | Christopher Moore | Great book -- both funny and spiritually electrifying!

Coyote Blue | Christopher Moore | Hysterically funny

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Coyote Blue

	Coyote Blue Christopher Moore Harper Paperbacks, 2004 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 80 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book -- both funny and spiritually electrifying!

Yowza! This book was fun, a major head trip, and a blast to read. And it's the best, most accurate representation of Coyote spirit I've ever seen in a book (and I know, because I'm a real-life shamanic practitioner, and Coyote spirit has been a very influential part of my life for more than a dozen years). Damn funny. And a religious experience at the same time. Sort of to Coyote what Passion of the Christ was to Jesus. In one part, Coyote turned himself into a hedgehog and sneak into a YWCA locker room soap dish in hopes that somebody taking a shower would think he was a loofa sponge. Like I said, just like in Passion of the Christ. And, if you can see through the humor, there's a real spiritual side to it as well. From a Coyote point of view, of course. To quote the dust jacket, "It is a cult novel for people too smart and too hip to be part of a cult." It's the story of how Coyote spirit comes into the life (in flesh-and-blood Technicolor) of a Crow Indian living in Santa Barbara. Hilarity ensues, of course. But it's a lot more than that. To quote the book, "During the night, something inside him had changed. Each time he thought things had reached a plateau of weirdness, something even weirder had happened. The result, he realized, was that he was now accepting anything that happened, no matter how weird, without resistance. Chaos was the new order in his life." And that acceptance is the road to redemption. A goofy type of redemption, but redemption nonetheless. My main problem with the book is that by the end, Coyote becomes more a stereotype of a silly Indian lost in time instead of a joyfully chaotic god. Actually, pretty much everybody becomes less realistic as a character by the end. But then, it's a book about Coyote spirit, so that didn't really bug me too much. Definitely a recommend read.

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Hysterically funny

I picked this up on a whim at Borders. It was on the "3 for the price of 2" counter, so I picked it up, thinking "What the hell".

I'm so glad I did. It's a raunchy and funny book. The funniest bits being centered around Coyote's trip to Vegas and his encounters with in-car GPS, voice-activated phones, and gambling tables. I won't spoil it for you. Suffice it so say that there are some belly laughs there.

Very enjoyable. I'll be buying more of Moore.

a Must Read!

This was the first C.Moore book that I had read. I have since read everything else he wrote. This book ties for first place with Blood Sucking Fiends, a love story. This book was written to be read. A movie couldn't do it justice. if you like this sort of thing, try Bo Fallon's book skepticism Inc.

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Pass the Peyote

Gotta hand it to Chris Moore. This dude can puff on a peace pipe and come up with a psychodelic tale zany enough to corral a herd of pink elephants. From Native American shamans to insurance salesmen, from displaced free spirits to Buddhist car mechanics, Moore has an uncanny ability to pluck some really bizarre themes and seamlessly weave them into a humorous and entertaining story. His wacky novel COYOTE BLUE, the story of a bewildered Crow renegade who unwittingly goes on a journey of self-discovery, is an interesting blend of enlightenment and mayhem--kind of like Zen meeting Barney Fife.

Slick insurance guru Sam Hunter--known in his childhood as Samson Hunts Alone before he fled Montana's Crow reservation--has no life. Zip. Nada. And Sam loves the fact he has no meaning or purpose to his existence. . .or so he thinks. But Native American god Coyote, a most troublesome and pesky trickster, has grand plans for Sam. Once Coyote shoves his way into Sam's life, things start happening in rapid succession, as the Indian god's mercurial appearances cause Sam to lose his job, his condo, and fall head over heels in love with a laid-back chick sporting lots of personal baggage. Sam, with Coyote at his side, embarks on a journey that takes him to Las Vegas, to the Dakotas, then back to his roots in Montana--a journey where Sam discovers his purpose in life, and Coyote's ultimate plan for a lasting legacy. Oh, and along the way, the two protagonists encounter a fascinating collection of very colorful characters.

Moore's writing style is easy on the eye and rolls effortlessly, page after page; although some of his humor struck me as a tad corny I still appreciated it because it's so off the wall I felt like going outside and picking mushrooms. COYOTE BLUE was my first foray into Moore's work, and I look forward to revisiting this writer again.
--D. Mikels, Author, WALK-ON

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Entertaining, but Mr. Moore has done better

I read Coyote Blue after reading Lamb and Fluke, two books I found witty and wonderful. In fact, just yesterday I gave a friend a "money back" guarantee that if he didn't like Lamb, I'd buy it from him... and it was the third book at Border's in a buy three for the price of two deal!

I wouldn't make this bet with Coyote Blue. It had its good points, but it was a much weaker story. Why? Perhaps because it had a narrower focus... legends of the Crow tribe. Women didn't some across as particularly strong characters either, as opposed to Fluke and Lamb.

So... 3 stars instead of 4, and I'll be careful on Moore's other books... they obviously vary in their quality. Oh, and have I already suggested that you DO read Lamb and Fluke?

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