Lamb by Christopher Moore

In Lamb, Biff recounts the untold story of Joshua (aka Jesus), his supposed best friend. Filled with extraordinary adventures, magic, healings, martial arts, and encounters with demons and attractive women, Biff's narrative aims to shed light on Joshua's early life and the unknown years.

Perhaps a better understanding of the source material would have helped, but the predictability of the plot and the characters' predetermined destinies bored me. Moore heavily relies on the known and speculated facts about Jesus, resulting in a lack of freshness in the plot and events of the book.

While I am usually receptive to the ideas and messages conveyed in genres like satire or absurdist fiction, I often find myself becoming disengaged due to a lack of nuanced exploration beyond the initial introduction. These books tend to repeat surface-level concepts without offering fresh perspectives, leading to a stagnant and monotonous reading experience. I'd prefer a deeper and more thought-provoking exploration that delves beyond mere repetition.

Audiobook, as narrated by Fisher Stevens: I don't know that I had a problem with Stevens, per se, but I'm still unsure how I feel about the questionable depictions of different people peppered throughout the last half of the book as it moves to the East for much of the time covered.