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Oddly enough I also quit reading American Gods (rare for a Gaiman book), but I don't remember it being difficult. I just kind of lost interest.
by 7thaccount 7y ago
Oddly enough I also quit reading American Gods (rare for a Gaiman book), but I don't remember it being difficult. I just kind of lost interest.
- dorchadas 7y agoAmerican Gods was the least favorite of the Gaiman books I've (tried to) read. I love Neverwhere, which might be my favorite book, and Stardust is up there too, but I just couldn't get into American Gods, and have avoided Anasazi Boys because of this.
- 7thaccount 7y agoI really liked Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book, all his short story collections, Coraline...and Stardust is probably in my top 5 favorite movies (so much to where I'm scared to read the book). I'm not a big Sandman fan...it is just so dark.
- officemonkey 7y agoI think you would enjoy Anansi Boys. It doesn't have that much to do with American Gods, and it's a really fun story.
- randycupertino 7y agoI'm a stickler for slogging through books even when I'm not feeling them- and will go back a second and third time to try and reattempt- but I gave up on American Gods because it was just such a bore and slow burn. I would have rather watched the paint dry or reruns of Friends. For Game of Thrones I tried the audiobooks but Roy Dotrice was a horrible narrator- too breathy, too phlegmy and every character - even the women- had the same voice. I'd rather have had a straight read with someone not trying to act the characters than someone who did the all poorly. Game of Thrones is one of /r/audible on reddit's most requested to be re-recorded books. Would love to see them unleash an awesome narrator - such as Ray Porter - on them to really make them shine.