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Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
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Rating:
pros: Understandable characters Imaginative use of world mythologies. Wonderful storytelling novel
cons: Slow at points Some cliche/hackneyed situations
A Treasure For Gaiman Fans
When I picked up this novel I was half expecting a sequel to American Gods, but was happily surprise... See Full Review
Rating:
pros: Great characters, highly original
cons: Takes a while to get started
Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys shares a great fantasy
Fat Charlie Nancy was a grown man stuck with a boys nickname that never lifted. When word of his ec... See Full Review
Rating:
pros: Fun dialogue and prose, humorous characters, British sarcasm, better than American Gods
cons: Plot not strong - character driven
Singing Anansi Stories...
Anansi is an African trickster god that was also transplanted among the Caribbean islands, even maki... See Full Review
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pros: Wonderful prose, characters, pretty much everything
cons: a couple of the coincidences, a couple things (deliberately, probably) unclear.
Man, those gods can hold a grudge...
I was so excited to see Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys on the list of available books, because I've alway... See Full Review
Product Details
| Key Information | |
| Narrator | Lenny Henry |
| Authors | Neil Gaiman |
| Fiction Genre | Family & Relationships |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>:</b> "[A] brilliant mingling of the mundane and the fantastic....[G]leeful, hurtling prose." (starred review) |
| Book Editions | |
| Book Editions | <Edition><item name="format">Paperback</item><item name="edition">Reprint</item><item name="pages">400</item><item name="date">October 01, 2006</item><item name="publisher">Harpercollins</item><item name="measurements">6.5"(h) x 4.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.45 lbs.</item><item name="isbn">9780060515195</item></Edition> |
| First Line | |
| Publisher's Note | It begins, as most things begin, with a song. |
