I heard or read that Whale Season was similar to Christopher Moore’s books. I reserved it at the library and was excited when the email notification for pick-up arrived in my mailbox. TW read it first and she said it was sort of “Fluke-like” but not. I started reading it last weekend, at the Synchro meet, and I loved the first 100 pages or so. Those were “Fluke-like” or “Sequined Love Nun-like” but from there it went downhill quickly. Downhill because it no longer read like a Moore’s books and it was just plain boring.
I’ve plopped this into my “don’t read” category because I don’t have a “don’t read if…” category. Don’t read this if you’re hoping to find more books like Fluke, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Coyote Blue etc… If I hadn’t read those, then I might have enjoyed Whale Season a bit more. But Christopher Moore has spoiled me. Whale Season just doesn’t have what it takes. Darn it.
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