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Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys
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Jason Koivu
Jul 26, 2010 rated it liked it
Anansi Boys is like a rollercoaster without the loops, very few twists and one that keeps the speed to a minimum. You strap yourself in, ready for excitement that never materializes. My god, I've never felt more luke warm towards a book in my life.

The mildly interesting story is of a somewhat relatable modern day slacker coming to grips with his father's and brother's overwhelming personalities as well as a fantasy world he didn't know existed. I'm tired of stories with modern day slackers brin ...more
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Jen Hernandez
Oct 19, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy
Waterfall
Oct 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Rick
Dec 24, 2009 marked it as to-read
silja
Feb 11, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasy, library
Lindsay
Jun 08, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: 3stars, fantasy, read-in-2010
Geoffrey
Dec 25, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: recommandations
Cody
Jan 06, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy-sciencefiction
Scot
Aug 02, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tracey
Sep 24, 2011 marked it as tbr
Josef
Oct 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
Alexander widrow
Oct 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
Bee
Oct 14, 2011 rated it it was ok
Marilyn
Dec 06, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: paranormal
Meran
Jul 07, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Stelios
Sep 16, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jodi
Nov 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Dec 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: to-read-scifi-fantasy
seak
Dec 12, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-i-own-to-read
Monica Cooke
Feb 03, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fiction
Erin
Mar 21, 2013 rated it liked it
Angela
May 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
BJ
Jun 23, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: urban-fantasy
Tatiana
Feb 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: library-list
Jen
Apr 24, 2014 rated it really liked it
Kevin
Jul 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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