I have to admit that despite my love for A Dirty Job, I’m not a big fan of Moore’s earlier works. Not only are some characters reused (which I don’t really have a problem with — nothing wrong with recurring characters!), he uses some of the same stereotypes in every book, it seems. There’s always a mostly-high surfer dude. There’s always a cantankerous (and probably homely) old lady. And of course, the earnest (if sometimes misguided) main character. I think what really rubbed me wrong in this book was Coyote himself. I know he is supposed to be a 'trickster' spirit, but I found him more mean-spirited than anything. Especially when he steals Sam’s car, sells it, and gambles away his bank account. I think you’re supposed to find his naiveté endearing, but I didn’t. I’ll keep reading (or rather, listening) to Moore’s books, but mostly because they’re what my husband wants to hear. ( )

A very funny read. I liked the direction that we were taken with the book. I did not expect to be left with such an appealling cliffhanger of a book. I am looking forward to Mr. Moore to retrurning to this world, to see what he does with the Coyote next time. ( )

Christopher Moore and Neil Gaiman have inspired a new category for my bookshelves: modern humorous spiritual fantasy. Moore in particularly is not afraid to tackle everything from Buddhism to memes. Coyote Blue is one of my favorites by him. The Native American trickster god Coyote is a starring character in the novel, and plenty of Coyote stories are sprinkled throughout, told in Moore’s humorous style.

The trickster leads Sam Hunter, a Crow Indian who is on the run from the law, on a chase after the best woman he’s ever met and her baby son, who were kidnapped by the boy’s father and a motorcycle gang — which leads him right back to the reservation Sam originally ran away from. It always gets a little convoluted trying to summarize a Christopher Moore plot. They get to meet Anubis, Coyote’s brother, and go to the Underworld along the way — how’s that for mixing metaphors?

I thought Coyote Blue was one of Moore’s finer novels, right up there with Lamb, even if it does get a little sloppy toward the end. If you’ve never read any of Moore’s novels, and you want something lighter to end the summer with, this would be a good choice. ( )

As a boy growing up in Montana, he was Samson Hunts Alone - until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, shortly after his thirty-fifth birthday, destiny offers him the dangerous gift of love - in the exquisite form of Calliope Kincaid - and a curse in the unheralded appearance of an ancient Indian god by the name of Coyote. Coyote, the trickster, has arrived to transform tranquillity into chaos, to reawaken the mystical storyteller within Sam ...and to seriously screw up his existence in the process.

I didn't enjoy this as much as "Love Nun", the only other Moore I've read. I found the whole thing quite dull & had no feeling for any of the characters, except for disliking tricksters. I was bored almost from the beginning but kept hoping something might compel my interest. Just not my thing. ( )

Sam Hunter is a successful insurance salesman in Santa Barbara. He owns a Mercedes and lives in a luxury condo. Stepping out of his office one day he meets a beautiful girl with car trouble. He doesn't realize it yet, but his whole world is about to change. Sam must face his past, his real name is Samson Hunts Alone and he is a Crow Indian. He ran away from the reservation when he was a teenager. To get the woman of his dreams he will have to team up with Coyote, the trickster god and change the way he looks at life.

This book was recommended to me by another LibraryThinger when I mentioned in my review of “Anansi Boys” that I liked Native American coyote trickster god stories. It wasn’t as good as Neil Gaiman’s book, but it was an enjoyable read. The action starts right from the first page and goes until the end. Sam meets unusual people that do some weird and wacky things and all of them are influenced by Old Man Coyote. The story is funny, but not laugh-out-loud funny. An amusing quick read. I would recommend it for a summer beach read. ( )