P-C, Amy -- have you read The Ocean at the End of the Lane? Because it's quick and accessible as hell. I almost feel like telling her to start with that.
She's no slouch in the brains department, so it's not like American Gods will kill her, but it is so frigging dense. (True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming. At all. And when it did, I smacked my forehead. And then the *second* time I read it, a few years or more had passed, and I 100% forgot about the whole Low-Key dealio. And once again, the reveal caught me by surprise, which made me smack my forehead even harder, because I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT but just plain forgot.)
I haven't read it yet, Steph. I have a bunch of Gaiman to read that I haven't gotten to yet -- I've only actually read
Coraline, The Graveyard Book
and the beginning of
Stardust.
Edited to make sense.
Or The Graveyard Book.
Ooh, yes.
P-C, Amy -- have you read The Ocean at the End of the Lane? Because it's quick and accessible as hell. I almost feel like telling her to start with that.
I have, and, yeah, it's really short and also a pretty good introduction. "Here is Neil Gaiman. He will fuck you up and make your skin crawl."
True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming.
Steph, about halfway through the book, I actually texted my friend wondering when the hell So-and-So would show up, and she laughed her ass off. And just recently I looked at the first page and IT IS SO BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS STEPH HOW THE FUCK DID ANY OF US MISS IT.
Neverwhere was also my first Gaiman. It's especially good for Anglophiles.
Sandman was my first Gaiman, a legacy from the boyfriend before Daniel.
I do not even remember what the Low-Key Reveal might refer to. I'll take that as my cue to re-read.
Can I assume we are discounting Good Omens since it is with TP? Because it was my gateway and is still my favorite.
Maverick rec: One of the Sandman graphic novels. Either Season of Mists or Game of You. Game of You, probably - weirdness factor at 11.
