I'm officially in love with Neil Gaiman

[salienne]

Just... could Neverwhere be anymore awesome? At all? On any level ever? 'Cos I think I'm more than a little in love with this book and almost-believability of its magic and its cleverness and wry humor and badassness and, damn, I want to be Richard but with less broken fingers (and shoulders and ribs...) and to get to know that world.

I think I like this one more than American Gods, probably because I've always favored the intimate getting-to-know process of a character and a world rather than a vague sort of Shadow and the heart of America and all that.

You think if I cross my fingers and turn widdershins three times, we'll get a sequel?

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[salienne.livejournal.com]

I started Neverwhere two years ago, got about a quarter of the way through, and then had to stop. That book has lingered in the back of my mind since then. Totally worth a reread. :D

And as I just read American Gods, I have not yet read Anansi Boys, although I plan to. And I'm guessing, then, that Anansi Boys moves faster than American Gods? With a slightly more interesting lead? And that I should get off my butt and make my library order it, if it does not already own it?

*flails* Why are all of my Neil Gaiman books at home? Why haven't I read The Graveyard Book yet? WHYYYYYYY?

QUICK! TO THE HELICOPTER! You need a dastardly plot with bombs, bungee cords, the Marquis de Carabas, and cheesecake to get them back, though. And only then will you have earned The Graveyard Book, at the end of your quest.

[penguinkye.livejournal.com]

For one thing, Anansi Boys is shorter, so it moves faster for that reason. It's also just a less ponderous book. I liked the characters ever so much more than Shadow. Fat Charlie is one of my favorite Neil Gaiman characters to ever happen, in part because he's so hapless. (So if you are tremendously sensitive with social awkwardness, you might not enjoy it. Even I winced a little.) Long and short is, it revived my Gaiman love in full. <3

...THE MARQUIS DE CARABAS. YOU ARE MY FAVORITE NOW.