Short and fun. Lots of fun.

A demon invades the small village of Pine Cove and... well, a lot of people get involved. Maybe too many. Maybe there's a bit too much happening, too many details. Feels like another Pratchett wannabe, but it doesn't need that, it's funny enough in itself. ( )

Hilarious and riveting. This series by Moore does have some PG for teens content, but nothing extensive or very graphic. ( )

Not inpressed. ( )

Ah, there is hope yet that the NaNoWriMo script you so carelessly tossed in the corner can be published.

Practical Demonkeeping is a great title for a book, but the story wasn't quite as good as I was hoping. It's a quick and dirty read. In the end, I just wish the demon had eaten everyone in the beginning. It would have saved me so much time. ( )

Raquel, Billy, Jennifer, Robert, los Elliot ... todos ellos son personas normales, muestra del microcosmos que pulula por la pequeña villa turística de Pine Cove. Solo tienen en común la absoluta normalidad de sus vidas. Hasta que apareció Travis. En sí, Travis no se diferencia de cualquiera de los buenos chicos algo confusos con sus vidas que andan por ahí. Lo peor de Travis era su acompañante, el demonio Engañifa, un demonio de grado medio que, entre otras peculariedades, tenía una literal adicción a la carne humana. Travis, cómplice involuntario de Engañifa, encontrará en su lucha por librarse –y librar al mundo- de éste la colaboración de las buenas gentes de Pine Cove. Tampoco les quedaba más remedio..

I am amazed that no one has turned Pine Cove into a television series. It has quirky characters, trenchant absurdist humor, comic violence, and offbeat romance. The folks who brought you Resident Alien and Dead Like Me should find it a good fit. ( )

This book is so rarely funny it shouldn't be considered a comedy. However, it is still entertaining.
It is a fun adventure even though there are problems with it. The characters are all connected with each other in some way and that feels a little bit forced sometimes.
Overall it looks like a big "Supernatural" episode.
The ending was a mess though. ( )

Meh. ( )

I liked the premise of this book, but then the whole thing was just awful and gross and ehrg. I finished it, but that was mostly because I didnt have internet for a week and was cooped up in a little beach house with nothing to do. ( )

Moore works his comedic magic once again and weaves a tale of love lost and accidental demonology. It's kind of difficult to explain the complex plotline, but let me just say that I fully enjoyed the ride. ( )

Not sure why I never finished this. Found it in a stack on my bedside table and remember being partway through. Likely that another book caught my attention and uncharacteristically Moore wasn't hold it.

I finished this back on July 27 but I’ve already forgotten everything about it. Ugh. But that’s typically what happens with my three-star books so at least I know I rated it accurately.

Christopher Moore’s brand of humor is not for everyone. I think it varies wildly from book to book so it’s not even reliably to my taste. This book, his first, was funny enough but in a very over-the-top, nonsensical way. If he thought of a funny twist or character trait, it got thrown in the pot for this one.

While there were definitely funny moments as wildly disparate characters got thrown together–a witch and a former seminary student? The same former seminary student and a demon? A genie and the owner of the local bait shop? Somehow it does mostly work but then it just got too crazy at the end. I can’t say that I really followed the resolution at all.

I kind of wish I had read this before I read The Stupidest Angel (#3 in the loose series) but I did thoroughly enjoy that one.

Ardent fans of Christopher Moore will enjoy this more than I did. I much prefer (and highly recommend) his A Love Story and Grim Reaper series instead. ( )

Scholar Travis O’Hearn has spent many years traversing the highways and byways of the U.S. with his rider, Catch. Travis is an ex-seminarian. Catch is a demon whose favourite pastime is eating people.

When they arrive in sleepy Pine Cove, California, Travis thinks he might finally be able to get rid of his passenger. Though Travis doesn’t look it, he felt 70 years was long enough to be saddled with this creature.

What they find in Pine Cove is an assortment of winos, druggies, failures, dreamers, neo-pagans and Gian Hen Gian — King of the Djinn. Gian Hen Gian wants to correct history and capture Catch to return him to where he escaped from years ago.

This is a crazy, whacked out tale. At times I shook my head, laughed and wondered about the intelligence of some of the characters. It is good escapist reading. ( )

Funny book, the ending was more interesting than I thought it would be. ( )

After delightfully devouring Noir, I wasn’t quite sure where to go with Mr. Moore, so I went back to the beginning–as good a place as any. The story was okay, but you gotta love the menagerie of colorful characters on both sides of the Human/Demon equation, with just enough snark to keep me grinning along the way. ( )

Plot revolves around a Demon named Catch and his Keeper Travis. Travis wants out of the job of minding Catch, who only wants to eat people. In the town of Pine Cove, Travis and a band of unlikely cohorts try to break the spell and send Catch back to where he belongs. Story was a bit disjointed in the beginning but picked up speed midway through. The humor throughout kept it a nice read for me. The whole backstory of King Solomon and Djinn was a nice twist. ( )

A young man thinks he may have finally found his way of getting rid of the demon he's been saddled with for years. The demon dates back to the time of King Solomn. Along the way we meet a djin who is from the same time period and may hold the secret to finally banish him. Has some laugh out loud moments but may not be Moore's bet. ( )

Like all of Moore's books, this was hilarious and entertaining. I loved how this was set away from San Francisco, but there were still characters from his other books present in this setting, namely Detective Rivera. I enjoyed his great scene and character building, and I came to empathize with the main character. Moore is really good at making you feel pressed for time and that you have to make it to the next page to solve the problem. Love it!!! ( )

A fun book whose world building is as interesting as its plot. A comic book that doesn’t have the comedic bite of Moore at his best. I describe it as light and enjoyable. ( )

Moore's first book is not as well developed as the others, and the story isn't the most brilliant -
but the unique blend of juvenile humor, wacky mysticism and very human (and non-human) chararacters are all there. The writing is nowhere near the level of his later ones - nevertheless this is a fun and easy read, which is what I needed at the moment. ( )

Another piece of bizarre but brilliant humour from Moore. ( )

The description makes it sound really fun, right? Well it wasn't. It was frustrating and disappointing. I'm not sure why i finished it. ( )

Me divierto mucho leyendo a Christopher Moore y este libro no es la excepción: un cóctel de cotidianidad en un pueblo pintoresco más una historia de fantasía con un demonio y un genio de lo más graciosos. ( )

Initially, I started reading this book in paperback but I couldn't get into it. Then I had a friend tell me to give it another try because the series is hilarious. Sooo, I tried the audio version thinking I just wasn't getting it straight in my head. Maybe if someone else gave the characters individual voices I could follow it better. Not really. I tried to love it right up until the end. You can't win them all. ( )

Uuumm, yeah, just uummm. This book was a soap opera on steroids. 14 chapters in and finally starting to see some hint of a plot. Numerous characters introduced with an occasional cross over into each others introduction/part. Good character development, decent storyline, and an occassional humorous interaction. I won't be reading book #2. ( )