something about a book...

damn... now it's all over...

i believe that i mentioned in a previous installment that i had gotten, and was reading anansi boys by neil gaimann (there are links in the previous, i just don't feel like jumping through those hoops again right now, it's nearly 5 am for christ's sake).

that was, i am certain, 6 days ago, and tonight i finished, in what i would call the 'push for the final third'.

all i can say is that it didn't disappoint. there is a reason the gaimann is such a revered author. when you read his work you get a sense of reading something that is written by a real person, rather than some sort of book generating automoton. it was, as usual, paced well, filled with words that make you think from time to time, sprinkled with just enough british phrasery and topped with a plot line that, while visible from about two and third miles away, still makes you feel good reading it.

that would, actually, be my only real complaint about the book. that last bit i mentioned there, the story didn't really have any solid 'twists'. perhaps it was just me that felt that way, but by about 1/3 of the way through i was already predicting with good accuracy what was going to happen. luckily, it's written very well and you feel good when you reach the end anyway.

for me, it struck a nice chord, because there's an interesting realtionship between father and son, and by the end, it feels so much better. the best part of the entire book was the way he managed to wrap the whole thing up into a neat little package you wouldn't mind giving to a poor sick child, not unlike those of the make a wish foundation, tiny tim, or poor violet (a rediculous pop culture reference that, if not given your ability to use the internet, i would gladly pay money to you for giving me it's source...).

anyway, after that last paragraph, i'm quite certain you are ready to be done reading. as stated, the linked article has links, or else, you might find yourself using the great google search engine, or just hitting up amazon.com to find out more. i'd recommend it as a book, because it's just enough different to make you special for reading it, and it's good enough that you can relish the feeling.

now, i just need to figure out what i'm reading next. i have a couple of books that i've borrowed here, but for some reason i can't seem to get myself to read them. gaiman did just release that collection of short stories...