A review by sjgomzi
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

3.0

The only Gaiman book that just doesn’t work for me. This is my second go at it and it was still a slog to get through. It takes way to long to get going, and too much of the story takes place in the real world, with the characters doing everyday mundane things, and the characters just aren’t interesting enough to sustain it. At times, it also felt like every other sentence started with “Fat Charlie” this or “Fat Charlie” that, and it really started to grate on my nerves. Some positives. I enjoyed the back story on Anansi and all the mythology surrounding him and his stories because that’s always where Gaiman shines. The book really came to life whenever Anansi was in the stage, but unfortunately, that wasn’t a whole lot of the book. Not much else to say. My least favorite Gaiman book, but they can’t all be winners.