Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal | Christopher Moore

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal | Christopher Moore | Teaching Yoga to Elephants

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	Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal Christopher Moore Harper Paperbacks, 2003 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 486 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Long winded but worth the ride & read

First of all, I will say that I'm not religious. However, if this is what it's supposed to be, then maybe I should reconsider. Blasphemous? Maybe, but an enjoyable and truly inspired read nonetheless.

I laughed some, but it was also a story of true friendship, through thick and thin; doubt and belief. As others say, the ending isn't a surprise, but the way it's lovingly told by Biff, puts a human and believable face on the events leading up to the finale.

Can't wait to read the sequel! A movie wouldn't be a bad thing, either, but I doubt it could be made.

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Teaching Yoga to Elephants

After staying up late at night and laughing out loud as I turned nearly every page, reading "Lamb", I now think that yoga can be taught to elephants. You have to read the book to find out why.

Laugh Out Loud Heresy! ;-)

Find out the true story of Jesus, written by his childhood friend Biff!

This is great comedy writing that Christopher Moore is able to sustain all the way through the novel.

I highly recommend this to all people, especially Christians. I'm sure Yeshua Ben Joseph Himself would have found this tale just as funny and given it a big thumbs up. Without laughter, where would we be?

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Damn funny, but...

"Lamb" is pretty damn funny. I laughed out loud more than I think I ever have in a book. C. Moore's voice is very comparable to Douglas Adams and if you like Adams you'll like Moore which is why I recommended it to my husband.

The book is funny and engaging right from the start--I for one am not at ALL familiar with the Bible-and was able to follow along pretty well. Although, honestly, I didn't find Joshua aka Jesus, to be a very interesting, enjoyable character. He's kind of stale--kind of like Harry Potter in the Harry Potter stories-Harry himself is boring, it's the characters AROUND him that make the book good. That is definitely the case with "Lamb." Jesus is pretty boring. Biff is where it's at.

*Spoiler Alert*
I quite enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book--up until India--it starts to die off for me there...I love the whole part at the monastery. But once "Lamb" meets up with where the Bible picks up--the book only has a few good moments and I was definitely ready for it to be over.

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The Plot

The introduction to the plot was quite interesting but then the situation went on so boring and the ending was quite traditional. I didn't feel the crisis and the climax of the plot and probably that's why the resolution was very traditional.

The setting of the Novel was pretty good though, and the characters were well presented. With no doubt, the auther is very creative and innovative.

The book contained couple of wisdoms that the reader can benifit a lot from if applied in real life.

The Novel is so comic and I did enjoyed the humourous tone in it.

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