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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.
