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Run out and buy this book now. Seriously...it is that good. I have heard several people say it was great for a debut novel. But this book would be great even if it wasn't a debut. It had just the right amount of creep factor to make me a bit skittish when I was reading in bed after midnight. It's been awhile since that has happened.
The story starts when an aged rock star buys a ghost on an an online auction. The ghost is delivered via an old suit in a heart-shaped box. But, this isn't just an ordinary haunting story. No, there are reasons for the ghost to come to him.
The book pulled me in by page 2. The chapters are short so it was real easy to talk myself into reading just one more before I turned out the lights. Which is how I was able to read it in just two days.
Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and if you look at the photo on the book cover jacket you will see the resemblance. There is also a resemblance in the writing style. There are phrases in the story that will sort of stay in my head and make my skin crawl the way that "They all float down here" and "Beep beep Ritchie" stay with my from It.
So, I give the book a 4.5/5. Why not a 5? Simply because I thought the ending tied up a little too nice and neat and fit too well into a little box. Heart-shaped? Maybe.
The story starts when an aged rock star buys a ghost on an an online auction. The ghost is delivered via an old suit in a heart-shaped box. But, this isn't just an ordinary haunting story. No, there are reasons for the ghost to come to him.
The book pulled me in by page 2. The chapters are short so it was real easy to talk myself into reading just one more before I turned out the lights. Which is how I was able to read it in just two days.
Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and if you look at the photo on the book cover jacket you will see the resemblance. There is also a resemblance in the writing style. There are phrases in the story that will sort of stay in my head and make my skin crawl the way that "They all float down here" and "Beep beep Ritchie" stay with my from It.
So, I give the book a 4.5/5. Why not a 5? Simply because I thought the ending tied up a little too nice and neat and fit too well into a little box. Heart-shaped? Maybe.
Another book to mark off my TBR list. Only 10 more to go and the end of January isn't even here yet. I think I will reward myself with a trip to the library.
OK - back to the subject at hand...the book.
This is my first novel by Gaiman. And I will definitely read another. I am relatively new to the fantasy genre. I mean, the closest thing I have read to fantasy is Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I know that is fanatasy, however, I haven't read any other authors. Gaiman is a good place to start. I have picked up this book up over and over again from the library and it has always been returned without being opened. That is how it was added to my TBR list.
The book's main character is Fat Charlie Nancy who lives in England living a pretty normal, albeit boring existance. His father passes away unexpectantly and when Charlie goes to the funeral he finds out his father was the human form of Anansi, an African Trickster God. He also finds out he has a brother named Spider. He was told that if he wanted to summon him, all he had to do was whisper to a spider. But, he was also warned that he probably didn't want to that, no good could come of it. Out of disbelief and curiousity Charlie whispers to a spider and the next day Spider shows up on his doorstep. Once Charlie and his brother are reunited the story of sibling rivalry really starts to unfold. Charlie begins to see things in an entirely different light...and to tell anymore would certainly give too much of the story away.
Gaiman takes you to a where the world begins...or ends, depending on your point of view. He creates such vivid and defined characters that I could well imagine the people and places he described. I look forward to be taken to another place when I pick up my next novel by him...sometime in the near future.
If someone were interested in exploring the fantasy genre of novels, I would definitely recommend this book. A fun, good read. 4.5/5 rating.
OK - back to the subject at hand...the book.
This is my first novel by Gaiman. And I will definitely read another. I am relatively new to the fantasy genre. I mean, the closest thing I have read to fantasy is Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I know that is fanatasy, however, I haven't read any other authors. Gaiman is a good place to start. I have picked up this book up over and over again from the library and it has always been returned without being opened. That is how it was added to my TBR list.
The book's main character is Fat Charlie Nancy who lives in England living a pretty normal, albeit boring existance. His father passes away unexpectantly and when Charlie goes to the funeral he finds out his father was the human form of Anansi, an African Trickster God. He also finds out he has a brother named Spider. He was told that if he wanted to summon him, all he had to do was whisper to a spider. But, he was also warned that he probably didn't want to that, no good could come of it. Out of disbelief and curiousity Charlie whispers to a spider and the next day Spider shows up on his doorstep. Once Charlie and his brother are reunited the story of sibling rivalry really starts to unfold. Charlie begins to see things in an entirely different light...and to tell anymore would certainly give too much of the story away.
Gaiman takes you to a where the world begins...or ends, depending on your point of view. He creates such vivid and defined characters that I could well imagine the people and places he described. I look forward to be taken to another place when I pick up my next novel by him...sometime in the near future.
If someone were interested in exploring the fantasy genre of novels, I would definitely recommend this book. A fun, good read. 4.5/5 rating.
