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| Original Title: | Anansi Boys |
| ISBN: | 0060515198 (ISBN13: 9780060515195) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Fat Charlie, Rosie, Spider, Mrs. Higgler, Mrs. Noah, Mrs. Dunwiddy, Graham Coates, Maeve Livingston, Daisy Day, Mr. Nancy |
| Setting: | London, England Florida(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2006), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2006), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman étranger (2007), ALA Alex Award (2006), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2006) |
Neil Gaiman
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 387 pages Rating: 4.03 | 184570 Users | 9645 Reviews
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| Title | : | Anansi Boys |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 387 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2006 by HarperCollins HarperTorch (first published September 20th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Mythology |
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I laughed out loud. While reading. In a Japanese rice bowl joint. Okay, so maybe it was more of a chortle, but it was definitely out loud. And more than just the once. Patrons quietly minding their own business while slogging through their Number Three Specials With Extra Tokyo Beef would be startled into wakefulness to see me - chopsticks in one hand, book in the other - as my grizzled maw broke forth with guffaws and irrepressible smiles.Really, Anansi Boys may be the first thing I've read from Neil Gaiman that I liked. I never got into Sandman (though I'm told I should have persevered). I never finished American Gods (though I'm told I should have persevered). I never finished 1602 (despite guessing that I should have persevered).
Still, not only did I like it but I loved it. Enough that I gave my copy to someone else to read and purchased a second copy for another friend. And I'm certain they'll want to do similar things with the book.
Anansi Boys is at all times funny, adventurous, and charming. And several other over-used adjectives. In fact, Anansi Boys may be the prototype from which overused adjectives should have come - before they were overused. I'm not sure that Anansi Boys is great literature and I'm not sure that it isn't. What I am certain of beyond any shadow of doubtfulness is that Anansi Boys may be the most fun I have ever had reading a novel.
There may be others that I enjoyed more but my experience of this book was such that it pushed (if even momentarily) all other books from my mind. Someone on the back suggests that the book will make you love and be grateful for spiders. Critics and the things they say, huh? Well, I don't love spiders, but dang was this book good.
The end.
p.s. Anyone thinking of reading Blue like Jazz or Against Christianity or something by Karl Barth should definitely read this first. 'Cuz I mean what if you died after finishing the next book on your queue? It would be an all time tragedy to have wasted hours reading Donald Miller when there is something like Anansi Boys out there. Plus, it's just as spiritual.
Rating Of Books Anansi Boys
Ratings: 4.03 From 184570 Users | 9645 ReviewsNotice Of Books Anansi Boys
One of the few Gaiman books that I only gush mildly about, as opposed to gushing enthusiastically. It's a solid book, and it does all the things that makes Gaiman's books great. It's got humor, myth, gravitas, cleverness.... But it simply didn't impress me as much as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, or Coriline. I'm willing to admit that the only reason I don't rank this book as 5 stars is because I'm comparing it to his other books, which are profound and perfect. That's probably unfair ofAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman blends the best attributes of Gaimans extraordinary talent: excellent writing, original storytelling, mythic elements, and confidence. A central theme in the narrative is about confidence and that is also how Gaiman tells the tale, his writing exudes confidence, he writes with a virtuosos swagger. Not really taking off where American Gods left off, but neither does it depart from Gaimans myth and legends foundations, Anansi Boys sings the song of Fat Charlie, Mr. Nancy
This was my first experience with Gaiman and it was a perfect way for me to recover from a string of books that I did not like at all. It was a witty urban fantasy and the audiobook had excellent narration by Lenny Henry. Fat Charlie discovers upon the death of his estranged father that his father was the god Anansi and that Fat Charlie has a brother named Spider who can be summoned by giving a message to any spider he encounters. Unfortunately, Fat Charlie sends this message and the arrival of
It's remarkable, really, how long I was permitted to exist without reading Neil Gaiman. In retrospect, I suppose it's a good thing that I didn't read any of his books until college - had I been exposed to his work in high school, the result would have been a near-obsession filled with pages of awful fanfiction and an emotional meltdown when I learned that Mr. Gaiman is happily married. But this didn't happen, thankfully. My first Neil Gaiman book was American Gods, and when my roommate (a much
(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: Little transition between its real-world first half and its magical second half. Its story gets all wishy-washy at the end.
I really cant decide if I like Neil Gaiman. So far Ive read a few of his books and they are missing something that I just cant seem to put my finger on. I think what Ive come to discover is that this is one of the rare instances that I prefer an authors movies more than the books they write. At one point around 80% in I almost just put the book down to wander off into something else never to return to it. But it seemed silly to read almost all of a book and not finish.But I finished and while I
Well, that was completely different.The start of this was a little rough going for me. I had a hard time not wanting to shake Fat Charlie Nancy. He's the kind of guy that's a doormat for about everyone else in his life, and it's a little disheartening. I'm a buck up and cheerleader type, also a slug the A-holes in the face type, though apparently one look is usually enough for someone to reconsider their commitment to a situation. Something about the I don't care if I don't win as long as you
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