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Another short and simple fairy tale along the mode of Stardust. I consider Gaiman's best novel to be American Gods and this semi-sequel (really more like a spin-off) shows his ingenuity. But his "fantasy world living along side the real world" is starting to wear a bit. His true talent is in short fiction and of course, his masterpiece, The Sandman. But he does need to expand on his plots. But, if your a fan, you could do a lot worse.

This was so different! I love mythology and this author was very imaginative.

Unique, well written, suspenseful - definitely enjoyed it!

Funny, touching, and a little bit of a thriller. Well written and a rewarding read.

I absolutley loved this book. It was an interesting story, great plot and characters. It's also loosely related to American Gods, which I also highly recommend!

A wonderful story about Charlie Nancy, who finds out he is the son of a god, Anansi, and meets his brother Spider. Extremely enjoyable, lots of humorous touches.

Great book - unusual story. Once I started this book I couldn't put it down. Well worth the read!

This book is much better if you've read American Gods first! If you've read a lot of fantasy, the plot is rather thin and easily guessed. Definitely middle-of-the-road.

When I first picked up this book I was expecting a beach read kind-of-thing. I immediatly got into it after a couple chapters and could not set it down. The book was so much more then I had expected. It is funny and entertaining. I would definatly reccomend it to a person of any age.

I adore Gaiman, but this is not one of my favorites.

Fat Charlie was dubbed so by his dad when just a chubby child. Unfortunately, even though he shed the pounds the name stuck. Many years later Fat Charlie is living an unremarkable life, with a crappy job and a girlfriend who insists on making him "wait until marriage". When Charlie's dad dies he learns some amazingly unbelieveable things and his boring life is forever changed.

This one has a lot of wit and was just offbeat enough to hold my attention. Charlie is an every-guy sort of character who is easy to like as he bumbles his way through some very odd changes in his life. The book is populated with interesting people and takes a lot of twists and turns that aren't expected. Gaiman wrote it and it reads like a twisted fairy-tale so how can you go wrong with that?

Fantastic! Once again, Neil Gaiman did not disappoint me.

Horrible. I hated it so much that I stopped reading it like halfway through.

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Read once, a nice clean fresh copy.

A thoroughly entertaining book. I look forward to seeing how it translates to film.

A tall tale by his author with a VERY vivid imagination. Lots of interesting characters and a story to keep you guessing to the end.

The dynamic duo, Fat Charley and Spider, take on the ancient gods and that evil-doer Grahame Coats with a little help from their deceased father.

Fantastic book in the Gaiman tradition follows an everyday man who finds out unexpectedly that he is in the lineage of a line of supernatural dieties; unfortunately his before-unmet brother got all the powers, and abuses them to his advantage.

Great read! Humor, a little fantasy, and a coupla scary parts!! This may look like a youth's novel, but as an adult I throughly enjoyed it!!