I thoroughly enjoyed Anansi Boys. It was clearly a change in tone for Gaiman, though not really in content. He retained his allusiveness, his sense of detail and plotting that made his other works so rewarding. And while I breezed through Anansi Boys much more quickly than any comparably sized chunk from American Gods or The Sandman, I don't think that reflects poorly on this novel. Gaiman has written a highly entertaining comedy.