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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
I wanted to like this book.
Mainly because of the introduction written by Neil Gaiman. The introduction described a book that I would definitely have liked. Or perhaps I just liked Gaiman's writing style. Which makes me wonder if I should check out some of Gaiman's books...or if his being so very wrong about this book should make me cautious about reading his books.
This book had an interesting premise: urban fantasy novel about two Scottish fairies that land in New York. The book had interesting characters - or, at least, characters that could have been interesting but were very poorly developed. The plot was disjointed.
Rated R for sex (talking about it, not having it) and language.
Mainly because of the introduction written by Neil Gaiman. The introduction described a book that I would definitely have liked. Or perhaps I just liked Gaiman's writing style. Which makes me wonder if I should check out some of Gaiman's books...or if his being so very wrong about this book should make me cautious about reading his books.
This book had an interesting premise: urban fantasy novel about two Scottish fairies that land in New York. The book had interesting characters - or, at least, characters that could have been interesting but were very poorly developed. The plot was disjointed.
Rated R for sex (talking about it, not having it) and language.
The brother/sister fairy sex bit was surprisingly funny. I love that the author makes a joke and keeps moving, as Neil Gaiman points out in the introduction. None of that Terry Pratchett "Funny, right? *nudge in the ribs* That line right there that I wrote? Really funny, huh? *Big nudge in the ribs*"
Perhaps my expectations were too high but for a book that was sold to me as being similar in the vein to American Gods, I was let down
pretty funny though
pretty funny though
Those of us who read a lot of science fiction and fantasy have certain preconceptions about fairies. Well, Millar seems to get a big kick out frustrating those preconceptions. His fairies are dirty, nasty, foul mouthed, hard drinking, horny, murderous little buggers. But somehow still sympathetic. His human characters too, despite being generally obnoxious misanthropes. Definitely worth a read.
A fun read. Not as well thought out or detailed as lonely werewolf girl, but still a nice break from the usual fantasy and sci-fi fare.
I bought this book largely because of Neil Gaiman gushing over it in his blog, some years back. It's been sitting on my shelf (ok, shelves) of unread books for ages, not because I didn't want to read it, but because it never felt quite right.
It's a rather lovely story, really, it starts off feeling a bit irrelevant and fluffy, but there are some sharp observations in it as well, and while I think it suffered by being sandwiched between [b:The Telling|391729|The Tell-Tale Heart (Bantam Classics)|Edgar Allan Poe|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174399964s/391729.jpg|1383053] and [b:The Dispossessed|13651|The Dispossessed An Ambiguous Utopia|Ursula K. Le Guin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166571463s/13651.jpg|2684122], it is most certainly worth a read.
It's a rather lovely story, really, it starts off feeling a bit irrelevant and fluffy, but there are some sharp observations in it as well, and while I think it suffered by being sandwiched between [b:The Telling|391729|The Tell-Tale Heart (Bantam Classics)|Edgar Allan Poe|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174399964s/391729.jpg|1383053] and [b:The Dispossessed|13651|The Dispossessed An Ambiguous Utopia|Ursula K. Le Guin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166571463s/13651.jpg|2684122], it is most certainly worth a read.
Abandoned on page 73 of 242. Too weird and too bitty. Two stars as well written.
This book is a whole lot of WTF just happened.
The book stars Scottish fairies Heather and Morag who end up in New York after getting banished from Scotland. There they meet Dinnie who is overweight, anti-social, and a terrible violin player and Kerry who suffers from Crohn's disease which leaves her with a colostomy bag that she hates and a strong desire to finish a collection of rare flowers before she dies.
Throw into the mix a large amount of alcohol for the fairies, a bag lady who thinks she's a general in an ancient Greek army, street brawls between racially segregated fairy gangs, a dead rock stars ghost, a Cornish fairy invasion force and the fact that Heather and Morag fight over everything and things are just insane.
This book did have some humorous parts, but it was so outrageously random that it didn't really do it for me.
The book stars Scottish fairies Heather and Morag who end up in New York after getting banished from Scotland. There they meet Dinnie who is overweight, anti-social, and a terrible violin player and Kerry who suffers from Crohn's disease which leaves her with a colostomy bag that she hates and a strong desire to finish a collection of rare flowers before she dies.
Throw into the mix a large amount of alcohol for the fairies, a bag lady who thinks she's a general in an ancient Greek army, street brawls between racially segregated fairy gangs, a dead rock stars ghost, a Cornish fairy invasion force and the fact that Heather and Morag fight over everything and things are just insane.
This book did have some humorous parts, but it was so outrageously random that it didn't really do it for me.
Why do you like this so much, Neil? I trusted you and I finished it.
Took me time to finish.
But really, I think my beef was that it reminded me a lot of my writing at 13.
No offense.
Nice musical references.
Took me time to finish.
But really, I think my beef was that it reminded me a lot of my writing at 13.
No offense.
Nice musical references.