"I read A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore because I've read other novels of his. He has I think seven or eight now, and they're just hilarious.
A Dirty Job is a story about a young man named Charlie Asher who just lost his wife; and he becomes a death merchant, which means that he actually goes to where people are dying - unbeknownst to him - and actually takes their soul when they die and puts it in an inanimate object.
What I liked most about A Dirty Job was the intense emotions you can have. You can laugh out loud at this book. I mean, there are so few books that you would just literally laugh out loud while you're reading it. People look at you like you're crazy, but it's just that funny. And then there's times when you just want to weep because he makes things so sad and so emotional.
A Dirty Job is definitely a fictional book that has comedy elements, and I'm used to reading science fiction/fantasy - which I love. But for an author to pull me into this just plain fiction about someone being around in town, in San Francisco, definitely says something because it's not usually my genre. If you're having a bad day and you just want to laugh, pick up a Christopher Moore book; and you will just laugh your butt off and then you'll feel better. I'd give A Dirty Job five stars out of five stars because the writing is great, the characters are unbelievable. You'll never read characters that are so loving in the first chapter that you think wow, this guy's hilarious."
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