Questions About American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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This book is supposed to be a big deal. It's supposed to be a modern classic, but when I started reading it, I found myself more and more bored with it. I really wanted to like this book. Old gods vs new gods? Sounds AMAZING. But half the time, it's more talking about weird, heavily symbolic things that make me wonder what's happening even in-universe. Does anyone agree or is there something wrong with me?

Robert There isn't much dramatic tension throughout. There's plenty of whimsy and Gaiman's vivid imagination makes for some lovely scenery, but the narrative…moreThere isn't much dramatic tension throughout. There's plenty of whimsy and Gaiman's vivid imagination makes for some lovely scenery, but the narrative can border on incoherent at times. To appreciate the book is to treat it as an evocative work filled with fun, interesting ideas while excusing the fact that the execution isn't optimal.(less)

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Kindda confusing in the end of story, where Odin show himself to Show as an old man, Shadow ask him if he is the same Wednesday, Odin says that Wednesday was him, but he is not Wednesday. It made me think that Odin was like the whole part of being god himself, while Wednesday was just pigment of him and partly human?

Viktoriya Georgieva Wednesday was a god. He was a version of Odin that people brought to America. So he was Odin, but after "splitting" from Odin, he went on to become hi…moreWednesday was a god. He was a version of Odin that people brought to America. So he was Odin, but after "splitting" from Odin, he went on to become his own thing, his version of the Norse god. He mutated and changed, and while still being the All-Father, a version of him, he was no longer the original, the source.

The Odin met at the end of the book, on the other hand, was the original, the template from which Wednesday was molded. He was not Wednesday, because Wednesday had went on to change, grow or diminish, and become something different after he was brought to America. (less)

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Who was that god that every time Shadow looked at him or Wednesday told him his name, the next moment Shadow would have not kept the lembrance?

Ian G My theory is that he's 'Anonymity' or 'Privacy'. People worship their privacy and anonymity.…moreMy theory is that he's 'Anonymity' or 'Privacy'. People worship their privacy and anonymity.(less)

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