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For some reason it took me a little while to get into this book but once I did I thoroughly enjoyed it. It combines the mundane everyday things with a bit of myth and magic and follows (no longer) Fat Charlie as he discovers who his dad really was, gets to know his brother and finds that all is not quite as it seems. And in the process his entire life gets turned upside down then right side up again. Once I got into the story I really enjoyed this and found a strange kinship with Fat Charlie as
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Fat Charlie's father died. Then he found out that he actually has a brother. And that both his brother and father are more than what they seem. When he met his brother though, his life went to the dogs and when he tried to get his life back, things didn't go as planned. Along this journey, he found the truth about himself.
I do love Gaiman's writing and the writing was just as excellent in this book but I just couldn't get into it because... there's that bit that I usually avoid and I'd have drop ...more
I do love Gaiman's writing and the writing was just as excellent in this book but I just couldn't get into it because... there's that bit that I usually avoid and I'd have drop ...more
First Charles Nancy (Fat Charlie) found out his father had died while at a karaoke club in Florida, then he learned he had a brother named Spider. To have a brother and not know him or even about him seemed strange to Charles, so he did what Mrs. Higgler had suggested. As strange as it sounded, he told a spider that he wanted to see his brother. Coincidently, or should it be, believe it or not, his brother showed up. Getting to know each other was interesting enough, without Spiders sudden inter
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I can't believe that I am giving a
Neil Gaiman book 2 stars, but I am. I finished the book not really satisfied. I tried reading the last chapter again to see if I liked it better the second time around and nope. I think it was because there weren't any real likable characters and the brother's attitude was terrible. It draws from the Anansi the Spider stories I remember from being a kid which did keep me reading, but I still felt like nothing was learned by the characters, which may have been t ...more
Neil Gaiman book 2 stars, but I am. I finished the book not really satisfied. I tried reading the last chapter again to see if I liked it better the second time around and nope. I think it was because there weren't any real likable characters and the brother's attitude was terrible. It draws from the Anansi the Spider stories I remember from being a kid which did keep me reading, but I still felt like nothing was learned by the characters, which may have been t ...more
Very enjoyable book. The characters were wonderful, complex and likeable. The story was random, jumping to unexpected places and occasionally had me laughing out loud.
Jun 27, 2018
Linda Miller
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