spider songs
Oct. 27th, 2005 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maribouAnansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
This is my most favorite Neil Gaiman book ever, including any of his comics. Which is saying rather a lot. Also, you know who it reminds me of? Roald Dahl. Like, Matilda-type Roald Dahl. For grown-ups. Which is probably another one of my weird noone-else-sees-it slantwise associations, since everyone is all 'blah blah Douglas Adams blah blah Wodehouse" (okay, where everyone = Susanna Clarke, but whatever). Still, I couldn't get the likeness out of my head.
SO SO SO GOOD. And refreshing to be able to say that after what feels like rather a slew of enh in the fantasy department of late.
(208/200)
This is my most favorite Neil Gaiman book ever, including any of his comics. Which is saying rather a lot. Also, you know who it reminds me of? Roald Dahl. Like, Matilda-type Roald Dahl. For grown-ups. Which is probably another one of my weird noone-else-sees-it slantwise associations, since everyone is all 'blah blah Douglas Adams blah blah Wodehouse" (okay, where everyone = Susanna Clarke, but whatever). Still, I couldn't get the likeness out of my head.
SO SO SO GOOD. And refreshing to be able to say that after what feels like rather a slew of enh in the fantasy department of late.
(208/200)
Re: An inarticulate statement of agreement with no real spoilers.
Date: 2005-10-28 12:21 am (UTC)I am afraid I can't really get into discussing them because I will not be able to resist the urge to spoil like mad.
I kind of liked the foreshadowing though. I know it's clunky but I like the ominous shadows of doom coming through on the first read.