Island of the Sequined Love Nun audiobook

Okay. I like humor. Some people tell me, based on my looks, it's darn good I like humor, 'cause I sure need a sense of it. I like funny movies, funny stories, dirty jokes; what I don't see a whole lot of, are funny books. I mean, laugh-out-loud funny books. ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN is a witty exception. I had read Christopher Moore before ("Coyote Blue"), and while I enjoyed his work, his humor was just a tad too quirky (and for me, that's saying something). But with this book, I had a good time from the moment I started reading, right up until I finished the last page. Moore has a great gift of getting inside the heads of his characters, making them react to stuff they don't want to react to, and putting them in situations they don't want to be in. . .and he pulls it off with supreme comedic flair. I won't go into the plot (there are already hundreds of reviews here doing that), but suffice it to say Tucker Case is one likeable, funny bad boy. His adventures (or, more accurately, misadventures) make for a delightful read--a read augmented by the supernatural (a Moore staple), good and evil, and some compelling moments. But I'm thinking too much (and once again, for me that's saying something); ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN is a darn funny book. Not only that, it's a good book, a very good book, brilliantly written. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of this author's work.

I'm pretty sure it's impossible not to enjoy Christopher Moore's books. His awesome imagination creates these terrifically preposterous scenarios and his killer combo of wit and humor turn every story into such a fun read. About the only author to consistently have me laugh out loud during reading. Tucker Case is a disgraced pilot with a quite literally Shakespearean (Hamletian to be specific) past and a revoked license. When he gets an offer he simply can't refuse to be a private pilot for a small island with a cargo cult (this is explained in the novel, very interesting), he sets off on a wild, improbable, bizarre and very excellent adventure. With a cast of characters as wacky as the plot, tropical scenery and plenty of suspense and thriller elements to turn (or attempt to) Tuck into a hero of one of his spy paperbacks, there is enough action, magic and spectacular escapades for anyone to enjoy. Moreover, Christopher Moore has actually done some first hand research on the oceanic island culture, which is most impressive, although he urges the reader to take most of what he writes as a make believe. Either way, this was tons of fun. Highly recommended.Reread time. Something wildly uncharacteristic, but there simply aren’t enough writers as charmingly funny as Moore and I wanted a very specifically Mooreish read. And as it turned out this one was forgotten enough to merit a revisit. A fact stumbled upon while discussing the book with my fiancé who was reading it for the first time. So back to Alualu. And a splendid adventure awaiting there featuring but not limited to cannibals, transvestites, cult cargos, diabolical schemes, sharks, femme fatales and so much more. Tuck really has his work cut out for him and to think all he wanted was an easy suspiciously well paid pilot gig on a tropical island. So yeah, this was tons of fun. Once again. And only ever so slightly dated, almost like an easter egg sort of thing, the best clue being Zaire, which only a year later was renamed Democratic Republic of Congo. But outside of nerding out over geography (and yes it is an imaginary island the story takes place on) there are other…numerous delights. This is Moore at his irreverent best and it cheered me up immensely despite the positively non tropical weather (not to mention sociopolitical sort of climate) outside. A wildly entertaining and enjoyable adventure. Recommended.

Does Christopher Moore know how to write a bad novel? Does he even know how to write an average novel? While Island of The Sequined Love Nun is not the equal of Lamb and A Dirty Job, it is still a total delight with Moore's cast of insane characters and tightly woven if outlandish plots. And of course It is frigging hilarious. Cargo Cults, talking bats, stripper bimbo masquerading as goddess, pink Lear jets, transvestites. All the sort of things that no one but Moore could tie together in a funny totally satisfying novel. Four and a half stars.

When you read the first chapter of this book you will say to yourself, what the He**? Only not in a bad way. I could not stop reading and actually had read halfway through by the end of the day. It is about a washed up pilot who is an alchoholic and is asked to fly a jet for a Mary Kay type person. Needless to say, the jet is bright pink. The opening chapter sums the main character up pretty much in a nut shell, his luck with flying, booze and women. It only gets better from there. I hope I didn't give too much away just read it already.

Island of the Sequined Love Nun is absolutely hilarious. Christopher Moore has a style akin to Tom Robbins, of whom I am a big fan. Sardonic and clever. Excellently ridiculous story line, completely engaging. If done right, could be made into an excellent movie. I highly recommend this read.

What do you get when you mix a disgraced pilot, the CEO of Mary Jean Cosmetics, a lazy Australian journalist, a sky priestess, a shady doctor, a cannibal, a talking fruit bat, and a Micronesian cargo cult? The plot of a zany-as-it-is-absurd Christopher Moore novel. While it dragged in a few parts in the middle, the payoff in the last act was well worth the ride.

Remarkably CrazyLike most of Christopher Moore's books, I can't reveal much, if any, of the plot without spoiling the delight. Rest assured, there is a whole lot of quirky going on to the tune of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Technicolor explosions, and the most horrific personal injury in the history of American literature.

Desternillante, alocada, fresca y con unos momentos encantadores.Nunca el perderse en una isla de caníbales fue tan divertido ni tan romántico. Una joya de Moore.Vídeo reseña con más información: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiNc...

Best travel book ever! Light hearted and easy enough to digest even with the most crippling jet lag, but plenty of twists to keep you turning pages. I

I've now read several of Christopher Moore's novels, and each one leaves me more impressed with his skill as a novelist than the previous one. Island of the Sequined Love Nun is no exception. The story of Tucker Case, a totally hopeless geek trapped in the body of a gorgeous jock, Island of the Sequined Love Nun is an epic journey into a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and one talking fruit bat.After Tucker Case manages to demolish his boss's pink executive jet during a drunken airborne escapade with a lovely if hare-brained girl whose life ambition is to become a member of the Mile High Club, Tuck has to run for his life from goons sent by Mary Jean, his boss -- and the only out for him is employment piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and his wife on a remote Micronesian island.Grasping the one employment opportunity open to him with fear-strengthened hands, in spite of a serious lack of useful transportation out to the island, Tuck manages to find the only navigator and boat available on Yap, the last stop for the jet that has ferried him out to Micronesia from the States. The boat, an 18-foot fibreglass skiff, has clearly seen better days, and the navigator, a cross-dressing native named Kimi, is as unprepossessing a guide as any Tucker has ever seen. But the boat is his only hope of reaching Alualu and gainful employment, and so he and Kimi set off across the South Pacific, heading for a new hope . . .Or is it? Complete with a murderously larcenous couple bent on harvesting a lucrative crop of organs from trusting natives, one ancient cannibal who is also the only one who recognizes just how valuable Kimi really is, a gang of hoodlums who couldn't make it in Japan and are working for the missionaries because it's the only work they can get, and Roberto, the talking fruit-bat, this is one of the most hilarious tours of Planet Lunacy ever written. It also, however, takes a serious look at real evil and how it manages to survive between the cracks in the world -- until a hero, however inadvertant, comes along and blows everything wide open.

A very fun relaxing read. The feel to me was like Road to Bali meets Sean Connery era James Bond...which is a compliment. I liked the setting😊 🏝