Review: A Hilarious, Rollicking Adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
The title of this book was enough to get me to check it out, and from there, I never put it down. To be fair, it is a big undertaking, but I sped through it because the writing was engaging and the story was ridiculously amusing. It had the epic quality of a David Foster Wallace or a Joseph Heller, and while there are still some vestiges of an immature writer sprinkled throughout, I think that any ambitious writer than tosses something like this into the ring deserves some respect. I felt like it wandered at times, as though he wasn't sure what direction he wanted to head in next, but twenty pages later, it would speed up and find its pace again. I think some additional editing would have been beneficial, but honestly, I enjoyed it enough to tear through it in a week. It is a philosophical farce, a religious expose, a sexual escapade, and literary porn for foot masseurs...in short, there will be something in the Cosmic Foot Masseur for everyone, no matter what your typical taste in books or messiahs happens to be. The adventure is worth experiencing for yourself, and I can at least guarantee a week of laughter, eye-rolling, and unique characters that will keep you guessing. It's a wild one, and not for everyone, but it certainly worked for me.