Chungledown Bim reviewed American Gods by Neil Gaiman (American Gods, #3)
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3 stars
Gaiman can be so hit & miss. I love love love Sandman & The Graveyard Book but Neverwhere was virtually unreadable. He's like Tim Burton, pretty good all said, but often heavy-handed in his desperation to keep it whimsical & always a bit samey. Buuut it's a theme that has worked thusfar & they certainly have the cash to prove it.
Throughout the entire book I just couldn't get over the protagonists deeply silly name. I mean...
Anyway, it's not bad - decently paced, even if minor characters' elaborate backstories fail to elicit the desired sympathy when they're immediately bumped off. There are plenty of excellent ideas & any plot holes can be deus ex deus'd or explained away by magic, which wraps things up for a squeaky clean (if a tad unsatisfying) ending.
Not that it's particularly relevant, but since finishing the book I've watched a couple episodes of …
Gaiman can be so hit & miss. I love love love Sandman & The Graveyard Book but Neverwhere was virtually unreadable. He's like Tim Burton, pretty good all said, but often heavy-handed in his desperation to keep it whimsical & always a bit samey. Buuut it's a theme that has worked thusfar & they certainly have the cash to prove it.
Throughout the entire book I just couldn't get over the protagonists deeply silly name. I mean...
Anyway, it's not bad - decently paced, even if minor characters' elaborate backstories fail to elicit the desired sympathy when they're immediately bumped off. There are plenty of excellent ideas & any plot holes can be deus ex deus'd or explained away by magic, which wraps things up for a squeaky clean (if a tad unsatisfying) ending.
Not that it's particularly relevant, but since finishing the book I've watched a couple episodes of the show, & I like that a lot.