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A Dirty Job
by Christopher Moore
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the first book I've read which features a baby and night feeding and the strangeness of having a whole new person in the house. I mean yes, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder featured a baby-to-toddler but by the middle of that story I had long forgotten about the kid. Anyway Charlie Asher has 2 new jobs, reaping souls and changing diapers.
The kid (Sophie) is going to grow up to become, shall we say, eccentric what with being read Slaughterhouse-Five as a bed time story at barely 2 months old and having a minion of Death for a father - eccentric is putting it mildly.
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Plot/Storyline: a strange after effect of this book is that I am itching to by a ticket to New York again. Weird but I guess the notion that New Yorkers mind their business - Here's a guy going through a literal supernatural event and the streets of NYC just keep on filling up, people get to work, get off work, walk the streets, get on with the business of living. Excuse me while I try to put in for some vacation time.
-2 I did get annoyed with the Beta-Alpha running joke. It got old, diminished Charlie's personality to some nonsense at times and it was exhausting. Plus, it made me think of that turd Andrew Tate and then I ended up googling the imbecile to make sure he's still languishing in Romanian house arrest- so I guess it was a good joke?
Characters: I wanted to THROTTLE Lily the little thief. I want to hug Charlie Asher and hangout with Jane while she tries to finesse her way to a next date.
Favorite scene: Quite a few but his conversations with Jane were hilarious and I feel like the grief really brought out their family dynamic on the page really fast especially when both had zero clue what shiva is and how to do it.
Favorite Quote/Concept: He can see Death in the form of the color red. That and the fact that birth and death collide in the opening sequence beautifully.
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025 and Top 22 Male Authors (Scifi/fantasy/horror)
Challenge Prompt: 150 Fantasy books by 2025 and Grim Reaper Series by Christopher Moore
The kid (Sophie) is going to grow up to become, shall we say, eccentric what with being read Slaughterhouse-Five as a bed time story at barely 2 months old and having a minion of Death for a father - eccentric is putting it mildly.
.
Plot/Storyline: a strange after effect of this book is that I am itching to by a ticket to New York again. Weird but I guess the notion that New Yorkers mind their business - Here's a guy going through a literal supernatural event and the streets of NYC just keep on filling up, people get to work, get off work, walk the streets, get on with the business of living. Excuse me while I try to put in for some vacation time.
-2 I did get annoyed with the Beta-Alpha running joke. It got old, diminished Charlie's personality to some nonsense at times and it was exhausting. Plus, it made me think of that turd Andrew Tate and then I ended up googling the imbecile to make sure he's still languishing in Romanian house arrest- so I guess it was a good joke?
Characters: I wanted to THROTTLE Lily the little thief. I want to hug Charlie Asher and hangout with Jane while she tries to finesse her way to a next date.
Favorite scene: Quite a few but his conversations with Jane were hilarious and I feel like the grief really brought out their family dynamic on the page really fast especially when both had zero clue what shiva is and how to do it.
Favorite Quote/Concept: He can see Death in the form of the color red. That and the fact that birth and death collide in the opening sequence beautifully.
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025 and Top 22 Male Authors (Scifi/fantasy/horror)
Challenge Prompt: 150 Fantasy books by 2025 and Grim Reaper Series by Christopher Moore