A fun book that shares the world (but few of the characters) of American Gods. It is mostly told from Fat Charlies’s point of view.
Fat Charlie is an interesting and sympathetic character who has gotten into a rut and lives a blah life. His life is shaken up when his father dies and he’s told about a brother he doesn’t remember, Spider. He invites Spider into his life, which gets complicated quickly…
It’s nice to see Charlie and Spider grow and change as the book progresses; much like Charlie, I was upset with Spider for much of the book, but came to appreciate him by the end. A couple of other characters are also developed over the course of the book (particularly Rosie and Daisy), while others stay relatively flat.
A fun book, with less of a sense of revelation– though whether that’s due to being book two, or the lower key plot is hard to tell.