Anansi Boys

Executive Summary: A pretty solid follow-up to [b:American Gods 30165203 American Gods Neil Gaiman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg 1970226]. I'd happily do another book set in this series.Audiobook: Lenny Henry was fantastic. He speaks clearly and will good inflection, and does a variety of voices that really add that little extra something to the book that only a good narrator can.Full ReviewWe were discussing great narrators at a recent book club meeting, and this book came up as a result. I'm not sure what I didn't listen to it closer to when I did [b:American Gods 30165203 American Gods Neil Gaiman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg 1970226]. Probably because American Gods is one of the very first audio books I ever did back in the days before I discovered GoodReads and Audible.It started a bit slow, but once things got going I was hooked. I spent most of the first half of the book debating who was worse, Charlie's brother, his boss or his future mother in law. This book is not lacking for terrible people. In fact Charlie seems to be surrounded by them.My memories of American Gods are pretty hazy at this point. I only vaguely remember Mr. Nancy, and for awhile I was confusing him with Mr. Wednesday and Spider with Shadow. Once I got into the book though, some of the world building at least came back to me.I liked Charlie, maybe because I could identify with him quite a bit. I certainly felt bad for him and all the terrible things other people kept doing with him. I did like his character development as the story went on.That isn't to say there are no other good characters. I quite liked Daisy as well. In fact she may be my favorite character in the book. I'm not sure her and I would get along, but then I guess I'm a bit surprised that her and Charlie did.This story took a few turns I didn't really expect. I wasn't sure where the story was going. For awhile it just seemed like Mr. Gaiman really hated some guy named Charlie and this book was his way of taking out that aggression. Apart from the very beginning however, I don't recall ever being bored by it. It's a bit like a train wreck. You shouldn't watch it, but it can be hard to turn away.Overall, I found this one a lot of fun, and I'm glad I finally picked it up.