In Anansi Boys, Gaiman revisits a world somewhat like the one he created in American Gods. It's a present day where gods walk among men, largely forgotten, living lives as immortals, except when they decide to die for a bit.

Gaiman seems to be trying very hard to be funny, though not quite in the slapstick manner of Good Omens. It's still a very British style of humor, and as an American reader, I see the jokes, understand them, and think "that's mildly amusing," but there's nothing here that's laugh-out-loud funny. It's neither serious nor humorous, and it doesn't quite work.

I keep hearing such great things about Gaiman, but I've yet to be dazzled by him. I feel like I ought to be squarely in his demographic, so it makes me wonder if he's been coasting since Sandman.