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American Gods gets off to a slow start. For the first fifty pages or so, I came close to abandoning it because nothing interesting seemed to happen and I was having a hard time getting involved with the characters and their predicaments. I found the Russian Gods particularly dreary and annoying.
But I stuck with it, and I was really glad I did because suddenly, the story comes alive; somewhere about the time Shadow’s dead wife appears, the story suddenly wakes up and everything starts to make sen ...more
But I stuck with it, and I was really glad I did because suddenly, the story comes alive; somewhere about the time Shadow’s dead wife appears, the story suddenly wakes up and everything starts to make sen ...more
Shadow! Dude! You're a demigod! Freakin' DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!
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Gods wage war against one another in a modern world where no one believes they exist. And trapped in the middle of it all is a man named Shadow. This is one of the first "big" novels I ever read and its awesome.
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I really wanted to give this four stars, but the plotting has too many flaws. It's pretty obvious he was still in serial narrative mode when he wrote this. His magical tone pervades regardless.
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Not as good as Neverwhere, but pretty darned good.
Nov 12, 2008
Kealoha
rated it
it was amazing
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sciencefictionfantasy,
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Dec 13, 2008
Atlas
marked it as to-read
