His and Her Audiobook Review: Fool

Time to catch up with reviews. Here's the first book of 2021!

By Christopher Moore

Read by Euan Morton

Duration: 8 hours 40 minutes

(TBR book--I owned the physical copy for over 5 years)

Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, now takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) with a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters, as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head.

Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for years. So naturally Pocket is at his brainless, elderly liege's side when Lear demands that his kids swear to him their undying love and devotion. Of course Goneril and Regan are only too happy to brownnose Dad. But Cordelia believes that her father's request is kind of...well...stupid, and her blunt honesty ends up costing her her rightful share of the kingdom and earns her a banishment to boot.

Well now the bangers and mash have really hit the fan. And the only person who can possibly make things right . . . is Pocket. Now he's going to have do some very fancy maneuvering: cast some spells, start a war or two - the usual stuff - to get Cordelia back into Daddy Lear's good graces, to derail the fiendish power plays of Cordelia's twisted sisters, and to shag every lusciously shaggable wench who's amenable to shagging along the way.

Pocket may be a fool...but he's definitely not an idiot.

Goodreads 

HIS Review: It was absolutely hilarious and so fun! Christopher Moore took King Lear and told it from the point of view of the fool. While the fool was a minor character in Shakespeare's King Lear, he was the man with the plan (and the quip) in Moore's adaptation. You don't need to know the story of King Lear to enjoy this, but if you know the story ahead of time, this would be a fabulous companion piece. It was full of sex, intrigue, vulgarity, and the best kind of British humor. After finishing it, you'll be dying to see a movie version or series. Do it Netflix! (5 out of 5)

HER Review:  I always wanted to read William Shakespeare's King Lear. Christopher Moore's version of the classic was absolutely fun to listen to.  It was described as a "bawdy tale" and I have to agree that it was. 

The classic tale was told through the point of view of King Lear's fool, Pocket. According to Pocket, he was the mastermind behind Lear's downfall. He was witty, lecherous, and horny. Yup. There was a lot of shagging in this book. 

This book also contained a mixture of Shakesperean and British language. It was great to hear the audio version, which made listening to this quite entertaining. I rate it 4 stars.