The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror | Christopher Moore

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror | Christopher Moore | Delightfully "WRONG" !!!

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	The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror Christopher Moore William Morrow, 2005 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 142 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A wish gone Mad

...... an angel grants a wish, exactly as wished, but the angel, not being the brightest star in the heavens, fails to consider that the young child may not articulate exactly what he wishes for. The results are funny, satiric and horror filled, with a twist to satisfy those who thought Scrooge's redemption well earned... I enjoyed it. I laughed and laughed.

Delightfully "WRONG" !!!

How to explain Christopher Moore......you can't!!! This book is the anti-traditional Christmas book. How else to explain the screw-up Angel coming to accomplish a mission that winds up involving an "off-her-meds" B movie actress, a stoned constable, a DEA pilot and "zombies" searching for a meal!!! This was outrageously whack, delightfully "wrong" and a fantastic step away from tradition. If your head needs a breath of fresh air this is a good choice.

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The book that got me reading Moore

A few years ago, Christopher Moore released this tale of murder, sex, zombies, talking fruit bats and the miracle of Christmas. When a little boy in the town of Pine Cove, California witnesses the murder of someone in a Santa Claus suit, he turns to God for help. What he doesn't know is that God has already sent Raziel, the titular Stupidest Angel, down to Earth to perform a Christmas Miracle. Naturally, things get wildly out of control. When I first read this book last Christmas I had never read anything by Moore before, but I've read several since then, mainly because this book was great. Hysterical, cynical and somehow affirming at the same time.

Moore re-released the book last year as "Version 2.0" - basically the same book with an "extra chapter" added to the end. The new chapter, as it turns out, is really just a short story about what happens to all the characters the next Christmas - entertaining in its own right but completely unrelated to the plot in the rest of the book. If you have a choice between the two versions you may as well get 2.0, but if you can only find the original you really won't miss anything.

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A great book to review on Christmas day!

I've read most of Mr. Moore's books, including Fluke and Lamb which I'd rate at the top. The Stupidest Angel isn't his best, but it is still an enjoyable read.

Fan's of other Christopher Moore novels will find familiar characters (including Tucker Case and Roberto the Fruitbat, my favs from The Island of the Sequined Love Nun) and new ones. Readers new to Mr. Moore's work will enjoy the characters, as they try to keep up with the interestingly complicated storyline.

The storyline involves several misunderstanding and misinterpretations, starting with a child who thinks he saw Santa get hit on the head by a shovel (it wasn't really Santa) and a none-too-bright Angel looking for something to fix who thinks he found it. It culminates with an excellent holiday party, where, as usual, imminent destruction by forces not necessarily natural is fought by our somewhat heroes (as his characters are always full of character flaws, even when heroes).

But I read Christopher Moore for the wit. Like the three word Chapter 16. And the great play on words.

I give it four stars because it isn't Lamb, which is Mr. Moore's greatest book. Unlike Lamb The Stupidest Angel's plot sometimes goes somewhat into dead end alleys, and the characters aren't as fleshed out as in Lamb. But it's hard to compare any book to Lamb, which is one of the most laugh-out-loud books I've read.

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Not his best, but still funny

This story is funniest if you're already familiar with Christopher Moore's writing -- and many of his characters from other stories show up in it. I doubt it would be quite as funny if you don't already know him, but all of his fans out there will love it.

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