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A review by rkaufman13
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
3.0
Man, what the hell, Neil Gaiman.
I really enjoyed [b:American Gods|4407|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41loovywBdL._SL75_.jpg|1970226], for what it's worth, but this book, not so much.
He had this fantastic idea of a world where gods take shape in our collective unconscious and take on lives of their own. Fantastic. Loved the Wisconsin gremlin guy, the trunk, the visit to House on the Rock, the Norns, the ones I couldn't identify (who the heck was the humming one, and the guy who always had money but nobody could remember his name?).
This book took all that, threw it in a pot and covered it with tons of irrelevant stuff.
The voodoo ladies I can believe, but the ghosts? The guy who was actually a shrew? It seems like Gaiman decided he wanted to include all these cool elements and then had no idea how to tie them together.
Not really worth it, unless you're a rabid Gaiman fan.
I really enjoyed [b:American Gods|4407|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41loovywBdL._SL75_.jpg|1970226], for what it's worth, but this book, not so much.
He had this fantastic idea of a world where gods take shape in our collective unconscious and take on lives of their own. Fantastic. Loved the Wisconsin gremlin guy, the trunk, the visit to House on the Rock, the Norns, the ones I couldn't identify (who the heck was the humming one, and the guy who always had money but nobody could remember his name?).
This book took all that, threw it in a pot and covered it with tons of irrelevant stuff.
The voodoo ladies I can believe, but the ghosts? The guy who was actually a shrew? It seems like Gaiman decided he wanted to include all these cool elements and then had no idea how to tie them together.
Not really worth it, unless you're a rabid Gaiman fan.