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Every hour hurts. The last one kills.
Shadow is a man in prison. Seemingly of the quiet dangerous type with a young wife at home waiting for him to finish his sentence and she calls him ‘puppy’. And all Shadow wants to do is take a long soak in his bathtub as soon as he is released.
The best laid plans of mice and men.
Like strings on puppets, Shadow is manoeuvred into a landscape of glory and misdirections.
A land that is littered with gods. Old gods and new gods. Old gods vying for a foothold in ...more
Shadow is a man in prison. Seemingly of the quiet dangerous type with a young wife at home waiting for him to finish his sentence and she calls him ‘puppy’. And all Shadow wants to do is take a long soak in his bathtub as soon as he is released.
The best laid plans of mice and men.
Like strings on puppets, Shadow is manoeuvred into a landscape of glory and misdirections.
A land that is littered with gods. Old gods and new gods. Old gods vying for a foothold in ...more
I generally love Neil Gaiman but got halfway through this book and lost interest. I happened to read the sequel first and liked it enough to award four stars...so who knows. Maybe just wasn't what I wanted at the time.
I rarely abandon a book, especially one that I didn't hate, but simply have too many other books on my TBR list to sit through another 300 pages of a book that I can appreciate (good writing, strong style, etc) but am only minimally engaged with.
Sorry, Neil. Still, think you're gr ...more
I rarely abandon a book, especially one that I didn't hate, but simply have too many other books on my TBR list to sit through another 300 pages of a book that I can appreciate (good writing, strong style, etc) but am only minimally engaged with.
Sorry, Neil. Still, think you're gr ...more
Apr 03, 2015
Meem Arafat Manab
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One of the coolest. books. ever.
May not be a great book, may not be good, not to you. Shadow going under was a portion that flew by my head. But the book, never, I mean never, ceases being cool.
And that's not an overstatement.
I wonder what happened to them now that we have the Avengers movies though :/ ...more
May not be a great book, may not be good, not to you. Shadow going under was a portion that flew by my head. But the book, never, I mean never, ceases being cool.
And that's not an overstatement.
I wonder what happened to them now that we have the Avengers movies though :/ ...more
DNF at about 25%. Just did not have any interest in it. This was a while back, actually, and I never even thought to write a review until now.
I'm not giving a star rating because I feel like my disinterest may not necessarily reflect on the book's quality. ...more
I'm not giving a star rating because I feel like my disinterest may not necessarily reflect on the book's quality. ...more
Jun 26, 2013
Joanna
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