Neil Gaiman
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American Gods
I was in a reading rut the past month, and I picked up this book because I knew it wouldn’t fail me. American Gods follows Shadow, a formerly incarcerated man who tangles fates with Norse gods, deities from West Africa, Egypt, India, Native America, Ireland, and a host of miscellaneous characters. His life is a…
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Neverwhere
Despite being 400 pages, “Neverwhere” is fast-paced and captivating. I finished it in two days! I appreciated that there weren’t pages full of exposition, rather I was placed into a fantasy world that didn’t offer much explanations to its peculiarities and yet, I still understood it.
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The Sandman Vol. I: Preludes and Nocturnes
BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS. This novel is not about complexity and twisted plots. Its story, its world, and its characters are far more strange, beguiling and wondrous to worry about all that.