A review by joelevard
The Gates by John Connolly

2.0

I loved Connolly's other fantastical work, [b:The Book of Lost Things|69136|The Book of Lost Things|John Connolly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170703577s/69136.jpg|1164024], but this one... not so much. It reads like warmed-over Neil Gaiman (especially [b:Good Omens|12067|Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch|Terry Pratchett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266659394s/12067.jpg|4110990], with which it shares a premise -- Armageddon -- and many elements of narrative and style, including copious smartass footnotes). And I'm not exactly the biggest Neil Gaiman fan. Skip it.