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American Gods

Neil Gaiman

Start date: April 1, 2022

Finish date: April 30, 2022

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Dec 16, 2014 Jess Penhallow rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: usa, fantasy, 1990s

This book is like nothing I've read before. Its so weird and wonderful but at the same time gripping. It is definitely a book you have to persevere with as I was comletely lost for about the first third. However once I stopped trying to follow it as a linear and literal story and just accepted that random things could occur at any time I began to really appreciate the imagery and characters and after that the story all came together. By the ending I was hooked. I cannot recommend enough. ...more

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Jul 23, 2017 ✿✿✿May rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: made-into-movie-and-tv-series, own, book-clubs-group-reads, 2017

Finally finished it with such high expectation and I was really disappointed! The added 20,000 words for the 10th anniversary edition just dragged on and on, and at the end I never connected with the story or the characters. Sorry Josh, I know that was one of your favourite books, but I just couldn't agree with you :) ...more

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Aug 14, 2017 Natalie [genreneutralreader] rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books

This was my third Neil Gaiman book. I loved The Ocean at Then End of the Lane. I did not love The Graveyard Book. This one fell right in the middle for me. Because the audience for American Gods was definitely adult, whereas Graveyard's intended audience was confusing for me, I think the tone of the novel was just right. I listened to this on audiobook and loved the portions of the book that Gaiman himself narrated.

If I were more of a fantasy fan, I would almost certainly have given this book on ...more

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Feb 24, 2015 Tracy added it · review of another edition

Jan 17, 2017 Vicki Hyatt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: stephen-king-recommends, 100-most-difficult, 17x17, 2017-year-of-lists

Dec 17, 2015 Jackie marked it as read-hold · review of another edition

Shelves: 600-to-700, hear-ye-hear-ye, series-1, north-america, wisconsin, science-fiction-dystopia, fantasy-paranormal, illinois, minnesota, tennessee