Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
I have read several books by this author and loved
American Gods and the Neverwhere TV series. This is a book with a similar theme
and has the same humour and lightness of touch as those others, well worth a
read.
‘Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped
dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he
never knew he had a brother.
Now brother Spider’s on his doorstep – about to make Fat Charlie’s life
more interesting and a lot more dangerous.’
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
This is the first part of a trilogy of books for young-adults
that is set on another planet where several groups of settlers are trying to
recover from a devastating war. The protagonist is a boy on the verge of
manhood who finds himself on the run from the only place he has known into a
new world that makes him question everything he thought was true. It is an
interesting proposition but because it is spread over three books it takes a
while to start to reveal itself, nevertheless the journey is quite exciting.
‘Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown.
‘But Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone
else’s thoughts in a constant, overwhelming, never-ending Noise. There is no
privacy. There are no secrets.
Or are there?
Just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd
unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot of complete silence.
Which is impossible.
Prentisstown has been lying to him.
And now he’s going to have to run…’
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