Bite me?! I’m disappointed. Crazy for whales, a Moore fan and the main character’s from where I live, seemed like a no brainer. Well, not this time - I like funny crude, this is more the kind you catch 12 year olds snickering over. A third in I gave up, not due to any maiden aunt sensibilities - it was just…lame. Click spoiler for a taste if you’re undecided, this was my 'enough' point... (view spoiler)[“Suddenly, out of the water on either side of them came two huge penises, the males searching...

I have yet to read a book by Christopher Moore that I did not like, that failed to entertain and enlighten and to simply be a very enjoyable good read. Fluke is no exception. This is the story of a couple of marine biologists who have spent decades studying humpback whales and who really just want to know why they sing. From here we get taken on another Christopher Moore ride that is as hilarious and mind bending as the last. Is he the American Neil Gaiman? I like them both and can see the simil...

After completing Fluke, I started to envision this fantasy scenario on how the novel came to be...Book Publisher: Thank you for coming in today, Mr. Moore. I wanted to discuss the manuscript you sent us.Christopher Moore: Yes, of course. The Song Cycles and Migratory Habits of Whales. Did you like it?BP: Well, liking it isn't really the point. It's about whales.CM: And?BP. No. I mean...It's really about whales. It's non fiction. Unfunny non-fiction.CM: But that's my point! Everybody expects me t...

Soooo, it took me about 43 years to read this book. And upon thinking for a while and discissing it with Christina for a while I've come to the conclusion that my opinion is based on a two-fold rubric. (Can rubrics have folds?)Anyway...Point 1. Character Development. The character development in this book sucked balls. And not in the good way, either. Point 2. Plot.The plot was fuckin' awesome. Except for the fact that it didn't start until a third of the way into the book. But whatev. It's stil...

People swear by this guy, in a devotional sort of way. I was excited to try one of his novels, and frankly, I’m usually a sucker for otherwise human stories with some elements of the unexplained (see Tom Robbins, “Magnolia”, or Lost). Moore’s “Fluke” started out as no exception. I was engaged by the characters, laughed out loud a few times, and was hooked into these mysterious events and the promise of something larger. The insertion of scientific fact (mostly marine biology and humpback whales)...

I love Christopher Moore.. this is my fifth book of his, but this one fell short for me. The story is of a scientist who studies whales and their songs. He has worked many many years in the field and when he sees the words "BITE ME" on the tail of one of his whales he is determined to find out how it is even possible. Things are further complicated when the town crazy informs him that the whale he saw called her and asked her to tell him to come visit the whale and bring a pastrami on rye sandwi...

3.5 starsNate is a biologist, studying whales in Hawai'i and trying to find out why they sing. He is working with Clay, a photographer; Amy, a new research assistant; and Kona, a local. One day, on the water, Nate notices something a little strange about the underside of a whale's flukes (the "wings" on the tail): it says "Bite Me". Not only that, things start happening, like the lab being trashed and one of their boats being sunk. It was good and there were funny parts, but the second half of t...

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Wale Sings was pretty good. Eventually. Once I got into it. Christopher Moore is hard to review. He strikes me as more of a comedian than an author. As such, if he keeps me entertained and makes me laugh out loud, I consider his book to be a success. Fluke is a typical Christopher Moore story in that it involves a group of wacky people working together in a preposterous situation. The whale and conservation info presented here was cool. And chapter eighteen wins

5 OoksDo you like mysteries?Do you like to laugh?Have you ever wondered why whales sing?Did you ever wish you lived in Hawaii?Did you ever wish you could see one of those white-boy poser Rastafarians get a bit of a stomping?...Hey now, don't be a hater...Moore evokes beach people and the islands in this fun and fast moving tale. It's filled with his usual wit and wacky, but lovable characters, and leavened with a bit of a message (but, not preachy).This is a book that will draw you in and leave

Diverting.I've read a few Moore, and this seems to follow the formula of the others: centered on a nebbish man, his struggles to comprehend, survive an increasingly outrageous situation aided and abetted by a cast of kooky guy friends and a more competent, slightly dangerous woman who, nevertheless, unabashedly flirts with him. The story this time derives its humor more from the situation and narrative voice than the characters, and there's a few too many info dumps to move the plot along, but i...

This was just the quirky an fun audiobook that I needed such an intriguing story to listen to and very easy digestible for when I was in a bad mood

I’ve been putting off reading Fluke. It was recommended to me by one of my uncles, who meant well but whose method of recommendation was to spoil almost every major plot point - and who then sent me a copy as a high school graduation gift. Knowing a little something about Christopher Moore’s brand of humor, I didn’t make it a priority, the end result of which is that more than five years went by between when he sent it to me and when I finally opened it. And… while I regret putting it off for th...

One star for being intermittently amusing and for (eventually) getting to a fairly interesting premise. But argh. Abundant casual misogyny. Please don't introduce your female characters by the quality of their asses. Please don't think it's hilarious to write women "turning into" lesbians because of being improbably traumatized by whale sperm. Please don't leer at the queer women. Please don't have your ladies be groped uninvited and laugh it off. Please don't call them bitches. In addition, ple...

This is the first book I have read by Christopher Moore, and I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It is about Nate Quinn, a biologist who is studying humpback whales trying to figure out the meaning of their song. Odd things start to happen, though, like finding a whale with ‘Bite Me’ painted on its tale and somebody breaking in and trashing his lab. While trying to figure out who would want to sabotage his research he starts to question how much anybody could even care about the wor...