FOOP! by Chris Genoa Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of FOOP!
Book Review: I hope what just came out my nose was milk, and not my brain.
Summary: 4 Stars
Oddly enough the strange machine that is Amazon reccomended this book to me, and I am so glad it did. I read it and laughed out loud several times. I kept reading lines out loud to my roomates, because I found it so funny. I then made them all read it, even though I had already read them half of the damn thing out loud. Very funny, silly, with great use of illustrations. The only reason I gave it a four star instead of a five is that I felt (personally) that Mr. Genoa missed an opportunity to really go somewhere with the ending. It was still great, but I think the ending could have been a bit more...I don't know. For a first book, amazing. I will read his next one fore sure. I mean, c'mon, hog-tying chain-smoking monkeys? Classic. Since I evacuated from New Orleans when I read it, I found the predictions for that city to be quite creepy. I refuse to give more away. Just read the book...or we'll send a monkey after you.Book Review: I thought I would hate it, but it rocked
Summary: 5 Stars
When a friend handed this book to me I thought I would hate it. That's because I find most science fiction to be super boring and lame. But I gave it a try because my friend said it was awesome. Then I started reading it and realized it wasn't a sci-fi book at all. Oh sure, there's some time travel in it, but most of the book is about getting deep into the main character's head. And it's a rather warped head, which is just the way I like my narrators.
This isn't the kind of book I'd lend to my mom because I don't think she'd get it. I also wouldn't lend it to any of my sci-fi loving friends because they would REALLY hate it. It's way too nontraditional for them. It's more for people who like dark, weird stuff that's funny and sad at the same time, with a good touch of hilarious randomness.
Book Review: Interesting writing + crazy humor = awesomeness
Summary: 4 Stars
Foop! is like what would have happened if Hunter S. Thompson decided to write a science fiction book. It's a really strange trip that's filled with great comedic moments. Read it for the journey and humor, and not necessarily the plot.
And do not be mistaken: this truly is cult fiction, not mainstream. Think Chuck Palahniuk and Augusten Burroughs because it has a similar "confessional memoir" tone). There's a touch of Douglas Adams in there, but this book has much more of an American feeling to be considered British satire.
Kids in high school and young adults in college will absolutely eat this book up, as will others with a taste for the weird. It has cult classic written all over it.
Book Review: Interesting...
Summary: 3 Stars
From the beginning of this book, I was completely engaged! It was surreal, comic, and almost felt like a text version of an animation. However, the story indulges itself as it progresses and loses focus. I read the first half in a few days and the second half took me a month to get through...
Book Review: Kilgore Trout
Summary: 4 Stars
Just wanted to mention that Vonnegut is not the Kilgore Trout behind Venus on a Half-Shell. That honor belongs to Philip Jose Farmer. If you liked the style of that book then you would appreciate any of the more than 70 works he has written. He is by far one of my personal favorites!