Anansi Boys (Prosecutor Helen West & Detective Geoffrey Balley Mysteries)

by Neil Gaiman

His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.

• ISBN10: 006051518X
• ISBN13: 9780060515188
• Publish Date: 20 September 2005
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[batsysk]

2.5
I did not enjoy this one as the American Gods.

[leahrosereads]

This story was pretty good, and of course it would be, because Neil Gaiman knows how to weave a tale spectacularly. But it wasn't a five starrer for me.

Charlie was just too...and then so was Spider. And don't even get me started on Rosie and Daisy. These characters are easily my least favorite ensemble of any Gaiman novel. The only saving grace was Mr. Nancy, but lets face it, even he can't hold a story all on his own (no matter what he says).

But the story was epic and filled with family bonds and deception and heroism and monsters and so it gets four stars.

I'll definitely continue to read anything Neil publishes - obviously. But this one was a bit of a miss for my tastes.