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Review title: Most over-rated author of our time
Product review: For the life of me I can't understand why this guy gets all the acclaim that he does. His books are no more than blatant rip-offs of Stephen King et. al. This guy at 'best' should be a CO-script writer or editor for a Sci-fi channel series or something. I picked up American Gods on the recommendation of "friends" and I found it to be unoriginal and boring, with unsuccessful attempts at "shock" in between. The characters are are irritating and mindless and you find yourself wishing they would die. One review I read of this compared to a modern day "On The Road." Yeah. Right. As much as I didn't like that book either, at least I can acknowledge that Kerouac had genuine writing talent. Gaiman is a hack who just liberally "borrows" inspiration from others without adding anything substantial. He's not even a speck on Stephen King's shoes. Gaiman's a hack.
