A Great Impulse Buy — I’ll Admit It!

This book turned out to be one of the best impulse buys of my life. It is a hilarious look at how the first 30 years of Jesus’ life might have happened. The three main characters, Joshua (Jesus), Biff, and Maggie (Mary Magdelene) are very well thought out and presented to us in a way that is both laugh-out-loud hysterical and believable at the same time.

Many have said that faithful Christians might have a hard time accepting this book. Many of us do have open minds though. As one of those faithful Christians I believe that Christopher Moore did a wonderful job of presenting Jesus’ human side without belittling his divinity at all.
I only have a few minor complaints. Moore spends the first two thirds of the book building out a relationship between Biff and the angel, Raziel. Then in the last third no more is mentioned of this relationship.

Secondly, I don’t think that having Joshua curse at times in the book helped out any. I think he could have been just as effective and funny without the language. Besides, Biff cursed enough for the two of them.
Finally, the ending was much more bittersweet and serious than the rest of the book. I suppose this isn’t a problem though because as much as it bothered me It has made it impossible for me to get the book out of my mind. Something tells me that is exactly what Christopher Moore intended. Buy this book! You’ll truly enjoy it. I’d also like to recommend another Amazon quick pick: “The Losers’ Club: Complete Restored Edition” by Richard Perez, another book I can’t stop thinking about.
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