I get where you're coming from, but I don't think that's it. The entire book was kinda milquetoast, which wasn't a deal breaker. It was just underwhelming no matter was going on. I found myself interested in continuing the story, but I just didn't really care about any of the characters by the end.
Contrast that with something like East of Eden or Crime and Punishment, which are favorites of mine. I'm about a third of the way through blood meridian, which is fantastic so far. I'm actually a huge fan of Vonnegut fwiw.
Good analysis on your part, but Gaiman just falls flat for me.
I don't get why American Gods is always recommended. Neil Gaiman takes the coolest ideas in principle and finds the most underwhelming ways imaginable to flesh them out. That and Neverwhere were really disappointing to me for those reasons.
I genuinely despise the dialogue for at least the first six books in the Dresden files. If my friend didn't convince me to keep going, I would have given up. However, around book 10-12 is when I saw the magic.
That's a huge time investment for something you may not eventually like, but it paid off for me fwiw.
I genuinely despise the dialogue for at least the first six books in the Dresden files. If my friend didn't convince me to keep going, I would have given up. However, around book 10-12 is when I saw the magic.
That's a huge time investment for something you may not eventually like, but it paid off for me fwiw.
This is one of my favorite pictures on the Internet. I laugh every time I look at these. Whoever came up with these is way too clever.