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. ( )

I'd never read any of Cristopher Moore's books before and after Coyote Blue I'm looking forwards to others. The closest reference I can use is the work of Carl Hiaasen. The story should be straight-forward, a simple tale of a shallow man finding love, which reveals how empty his life is. Although it's not entirely clear where the story is going to take you, stay for the ride. You'll encounter Las Vegas from a new perspective, a psychopathic gang of bikers, sly salesmen and the god Coyote, the Trickster. It's Hiassen on a supernatural trip - clever, funny and disturbingly accurate. A good yarn, which doesn't overstay it's welcome. Recommended. ( )

Samuel Hunter, born Samson Hunts Alone, left the Crow reservation of his birth when he was a teenager, on the run after accidentally killing a crooked cop in a fit of anger. Since then, the young Indian has become a master chameleon, fitting in perfectly with the greater white world. He has become a very successful insurance salesman, owns a very nice townhome and a Mercedes, and feels all-around quite satisfied with his life. So what if he isn’t in love? So what if he doesn’t have any family, or even any close friends? So what if he’s so focused on fitting in and staying inconspicuous in his normality that he doesn’t allow himself any strong emotions or real individuality?

So what indeed! Unfortunately…or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, Sam’s spirit guide just doesn’t see things the way Sam does. Sam’s spirit guide is the ultimate troublemaker, you see…the trickster god Old Man Coyote! It is more than just Coyote’s job to shake things up; it is his very nature! So when Coyote checks in on Sam’s life and decided to help the young man find his balance, Sam is in for the ride of his life.

Soon, Sam finds himself in danger of losing his job and his townhome, in love with an eccentric young hippie named Calliope, and caught up in a whirlwind cross-country trip to Las Vegas to help Calliope retrieve her son from his dead-beat father, a drug-dealing biker with co-dependency issues. And through it all, Old Man Coyote is smack in the middle of things, causing trouble in the name of fixing what Sam didn’t think was broken.

“Coyote Blue” is funny, wise, and just plain a heck of a lot of fun! ( )

The plot centres around Samual Hunter who tried to forget he was ever Sam Hunts Alone of the Crow and the sudden reappearance of Coyote in his life and apparent determination to ruin it. There is the usual silliness and some genuinely touching moments among the chaos and a moment of tranquility provided by a very zen mechanic.Through the course of the book Sam gets back in touch with his feeling, his roots, his trickster medicine and in the end, who he really is. ( )

What fun. I didn't expect to like this as well as I did...but found it laugh out loud funny and engaging.

Coyote shows up and wreaks havoc in Sam Hunter's life. ( )

Raunchy, hilarious and fun. Like "American Gods" but less full of itself. ( )

Christopher Moore writes a great comic book. He can bring humor to situations usually better left touched only with great gravity and tack. I hate to say it, but I wasn’t feeling that so much with Coyote Blue.

The premise is certainly a good one: a Crow Indian named Samson Hunts Alone has run away from the reservation, leaving his heritage behind and assuming the new identity of Samuel Hunter, expert salesman. Life is going great until the ancient trickster god Coyote decides that Sam needs to help, and hilarity ensues. I kept waiting for the hilarity. It actually wasn’t a bad story, except that it was a Christopher Moore story, so I expected it to be a bit more over the top. Instead, Coyote is a good seemingly out of touch with the modern world. I’d think of any of the old gods, the Trickster would be the one to keep up with the times.

The book does have the introduction of a recurring character in some of Moore’s other story lines, so that at least was a satisfying part of the story.

My final thought upon finishing the book is that Neil Gaiman does it better. If you want a fun romp through the world as the old gods meddle in the lives of us mere mortals, read Anansi Boys. ( )

After all the seriousness of the election and the economy I felt the need for some pure escapism and, for that, Christopher Moore is the right prescription. Sam Hunter (aka Samson Hunts Alone) is a wealthy, successful insurance salesman whose manufactured life is turned upside down by a beautiful young flower child named Calliope and Old Man Coyote, an ancient Native American god. Coyote Blue is my sixth Moore book; (Blood Sucking Fiends, You Suck, A Dirty Job, Practical Demonkeeping and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal). His novels are profane, irreverent, absurd and hilarious. ( )

The writing is good, it's funny, and yet it was easy to put down. Just not as good as some of his other books. ( )

One of my fav's of Moore's ( )

OK, so this book was a little strange. Of course, what else would a book about the Trickster be, really? It's an engaging story of Samson Hunts Alone, a full-blood Crow Indian who receives Coyote as his spirit guide on his Spirit Walk. After fleeing to the city and reinventing himself as Samuel Hunter, Samson is brought back to his heritage and himself by Coyote. Worth reading if you like Moore.

I have enjoyed many of this authors books in the past, but this one I could just not get into no matter how hard I tried. It did have some very funny moments, and I'm sure is a wonderful read, but not my style. I did like how he works characters from other books into the story. It was good to see Minty Fresh again! ( )

2/3 of this book I laughed my self silly. Christopher Moore has one of the wildest sense of humor i have ever read.
Samuel Hunter is living the high life. Has a nice home, great job and drive a cool car. Suddenly his life is turned upside down when an ancient Indian God named Coyote shows up and wrecks havoc on his carefully consructed life.
Mr. Moore holds my attention for most of the novel but like alot of his books his endings loose me. If it wasnt for the fact I didn't enjoy most of the book I wouldn't bother with his novels at all. ( )

One of my stange picks. Unique and humorous story about love and destiny. ( )

While focused upon events in the life of Sam Hunter (born Samson Hunts Alone), this book also re-introduced me to the character "Minty Fresh" who I had first came across in the later publication A Dirty Job (2006). ( )

Tame, two-bit Tom Robbins--when Moore does manage to be momentarily profound or interesting, it just seems dumb Coyote luck.

Probably better than 'Bloodsucking Fiends' but not as good as 'Dirty Job'. Also has some of the same characters. Apparently Christopher Moore just cranks these things out, but you apparently don't have to read them in order, they are not a series. ( )

Silly, fun, easy read. If you are a person who only likes deep, philosophical books then stay away from this one. ( )

Wacky, entertaining black comedy of culture clash between Santa Barbara condo-dwellers and reservation Indians. As in Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the supernatural is real, but Coyote Blue doesn't take itself half so seriously. Read it for fun. ( )

an Indian who has sworn off his cultural heritage only to have it forced upon him by a supernatural coyote spirit. uninspired, bland premise of not buoyed by the obvious comic tone of the writing. ( )

Another great book by Moore! Thanks to yllus for allowing me to borrow this. :)

This book has a lot of elements that really resonated with me as a Pagan: Coyote, the trickster, imperfect Gods, and the Egyptian pantheon later in the book. I also totally related to Calliope and her attitude and outlook on life. I'm somewhat of a hippy myself and most of her ways of looking at things, that seemed so strange to Sam, seemed natural to me. Yeah, she's very much at an extreme in some regards, i.e. calling the ants in the kitchen sink her kitchen pals and refusing to allow Sam to kill them, but I am like that with spiders. I draw the line at ants and any other kind of crawling bug anywhere in the kitchen or where food is prepared or eaten though. But I digress... ;)

Overall, I found this a great book, right up there with all the other Chris Moore books I've read. ( )