In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing-and you know that can't be good-in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore's delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job. Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone-or something-is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher is just as flummoxed as everyone else. He's trapped in the body of a fourteen-inch-tall "meat puppet" waiting for his Buddhist nun girlfriend, Audrey, to find him a suitable new body to play host. To get to the bottom of this abomination, a motley crew of heroes will band together: the seven-foot-tall death merchant Minty Fresh; retired policeman turned bookseller Alphonse Rivera; the Emperor of San Francisco and his dogs, Bummer and Lazarus; and Lily, the former Goth girl. Now if only they can get little Sophie to stop babbling about the coming battle for the very soul of humankind ...
As you know, I was delighted by A Dirty Job. I found the book completely by surprise and didn't expect it to be that hilarious and clever at the same time.
So when I began reading Secondhand Souls, it had to live up to some pretty high standards. Christopher Moore didn't let me down. I loved the fact that Sophie returned. This child is super bad-ass. Furthermore, he also introduced some new aspect that left me scrolling through Wikipedia for hours. The story is thrilling, funny and exciting.
However, the ending was a bit abrupt. The whole plot took it's time to build up and leave you longing for more but then the ending was just a bit too fast. The climax was handled in a rather short chapter and I was a bit disappointed. No really big fight or anything. For it just wasn't satisfying. I simply had expected far more.
Nevertheless it is a really funny and enjoyable book. I am prepared to simply ignore that little flaw for the novel is otherwise great!
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