In my house, books are gifts, not something you buy yourself. So, I did not receive Anansi Boys until Christmas Day. My husband, who happened to be the one who gave me the book, decided the day after Christmas that our marriage was over. I have to admit, I threw myself so far into this book, that I no longer am feeling hurt. I love that about Gaiman. This was my escape.
This book was so lovely...and I hate to admit it, but I enjoyed it more than American Gods. (And Neverwhere is still my favorite.) If you all could only the imagine the Spider in my head. HOT! I watched Fat Charlie evolve nicely as well. The Fat Charlie I first conjured up, was not the same as the one the story ended with (much cuter as the story progresses).
Nonetheless, the characters and creations gave me chills and joy. I kept sneaking a chapter in here and there. Unfortunately, I've finished. Poor authors, they spend weeks, months, years on the stories, and we, the readers, devouer them with in days.
None the less thankyou for the tale. I did most enjoy taste. (Hold the lime.)

I'm only on chapter 5 or so, and I'm really digging this book!

I just finished last night ( no sleep, no sleep) and I finished it with a smile. It had the scariness of a dark novel yet it was as jaunty as Fat Charlie's hat.

Just finished it! Nice one, Neil!

I think it'd make an even better movie than "American Gods"!

:-)

I'm happy that you got your hands on it and that you enjoyed it. Although, I'm not so sure why anyone wouldn't. But how could I be? I haven't read it yet. So sad. I finally got the monetary allowance I needed to toss at books and took quite a drive to the nearest Barnes and Noble to grab myself some Anansi Boys action, and the book was nowhere to be found! I'm a little shy about talking to people, and more so about asking them questions, so ofcourse I dragged myself through the whole store before piping up even the littlest bit to an employee. They seemed dumbstruck and were no help. So, as I mentioned, I still haven't gotten a taste. I hope to soon!

(Sorry to unload the rant all over your thread, by the way).

What a blessing to read this book after a heartbreak. And what a great book to pass on to others you know need a lift and who are just perceptive enough to REALLY get it.

Yes, I felt like I was in a grand script of a super movie. Just loved it.

Love those juxtapositions of dark and light and the joy of life. No syrupy story of romance, yet romance and requited love across a family line, a web. Bravo, Neil!

I was so excited to find it in my little local library, I so want my own copy though, cause it's a keeper. fantastic read, I couldn't put it down, barely slept, just like a good neil book should be. left me hungry for more.

Finished it this morning...I did enjoy it...it was like literary candy!

I read it two weels ago.
I think it's tremendously beautiful.
Thanks Neil. You're great!!

I purchased Anansi Boys when it was released and it's been shuttling around with me ever since as the next book I'm going to read. But in the life of a writer things come up. Well, I finally read it last week. I thought from the title that it may be about Anansi the Spider,but wasn't certain. (I don't read the jackets of books before I read them.)

I love the way Anansi and his stories were brought so seemlessly into our world. And the use the Uncle Remus stories that way was fabulous. This is a world I was first introduced to in the books "Lightning Bird" by Lyall Watson and "Indaba, My Children" by Credo Mutwa. I've been thinking about how to bring the feel and important of the stories to a modern audience, but Neil does it so well. "Singing the world into being." What a great, great thing that is.

The lime was inspired. I've never thought of limes as very funny, but when he sets the lime down as his luggage I laughed out loud and every time it was mentioned after that.

I'm now reading American Gods and enjoying it very much.

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I usually wait for books to go into paperback before I pick it up. After finishing Anansi Boys last night, I have a feeling that I’m going to be switching to hardback the next time Neil comes out with another story so that I can read it as soon as it’s release! I really enjoyed reading this book! Possibly a tad more than American Gods because I felt it was lighter in content. I love the bit the lime

Yay! Just finished it. I loved it. Neil Gaiman is the greatest.

Finished it and was wondering what I would be reading next; there's that big and intimidating copy of AMERICAN GODS sitting right there on my desk waiting to be read but my mind's telling me slow down slow down so now I'm taking a break.

ANANSI BOYS was so good I couldn't put it down as I approached the last third of the story, but as good as it was I felt it could've been better. I can't figure out if Gaiman's frequent superimposing of fantasy themes in this book was ultimately a good thing or a bad thing, but one thing's for sure the journey was fun and I do hope to revisit this book again. When I have the time.

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Originally posted by Razzberii:
I usually wait for books to go into paperback before I pick it up. After finishing Anansi Boys last night, I have a feeling that I’m going to be switching to hardback the next time Neil comes out with another story so that I can read it as soon as it’s release! I really enjoyed reading this book! Possibly a tad more than American Gods because I felt it was lighter in content. I love the bit the lime

The practical and ironic humour was just too much, I laughed at the lime part so loud the people in the bus with me thought I was crazy or something. And that was definitely not the only time I laughed reading the book.

Just finished it myself and loved it. Probably one of the best novels I've read this year.

Regarding Anansi the Spider as a trickster figure: I guess now we know why Peter Parker is such a wiseguy.