Neverwhere is cool. Coraline is cool. My favorite Gaiman novel is Anansi Boys, (which I think he must hate, because he never mentions it anymore) and nothing compares to Sandman. So what's the deal with his later works now? I don't like them.

The Graveyard Book was good, but I don't think it was a Newbery winner (not that I read the other candidates - maybe it was a crappy year for YA literature), and it also got a Hugo. It seems like it left a lot out that I wanted to see or know. The coolest part of the book - where a vampire, a werewolf, a mummy, and something else are in an epic battle, is barely mentioned. The best story is the Witch's Headstone, and the rest are rather predictable stories. Bod's ghost powers barely fit into the story, and most of the rest of it is how he doesn't get along with any of the ghosts.

I guess my beef is that I'd like it if Neil Gaiman went back to being new Neil Gaiman instead of old Hugo Winner Neil Gaiman. The same thing happened to Stephen King. Except for Sandman, I've had enough of Gaiman for a while. At least until he comes out with another Anansi Boys.