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Cora
Oct 24, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mythology, religion, lost-in-fire, award-winner, betrayal, fantasy, road-trip, urban-fantasy, america, war
Shadow is released from jail after finding out that his wife had died in a car accident. Soon he is offered a job from a mysterious man, Mr. Wednesday. Thus begins a magical roadtrip through middle America and dying mythology. I really enjoyed reading this book. I find all the different gods and mythology very interesting and I could tell that Gaiman did a lot of research. After reading the book, I am interested in finding more information on a lot of the gods and characters that made an appeara ...more
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Sunflower
Mar 12, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction-read-2009
Really enjoyed this crazy journey of life, death and places in between. This book brings together loyalty and sacrifice, coin tricks and mythology,and explores what happens to Gods when people stop believing in them or move away from their homelands. And so much more. I haven't read anything by Gaiman before, but will be on the lookout for some of his other work. ...more
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Joanna
Nov 14, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: rws-2016-summer, fantasy-sci-fi, 2016-read, audiobooks
Really enjoyed reading this one. The full cast recording was available from my library and the readers were excellent. I also really enjoyed the interview with the author where he addressed the question of what a British guy is doing trying to write an expansive American novel. I read Anansi Boys a few years ago. I think it would probably have been better to read this one first, but it was fun to see a few familiar characters here. I also just realized they are making a tv show about this book, ...more
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Arlene
Mar 28, 2008 rated it it was ok
This is not my favorite book but the insights about American culture were very interesting.
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Illyria
May 29, 2007 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Poppy
Jul 07, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scifi-fantasy
Erik
Dec 25, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Luann
Feb 22, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: gr-author, adult, fantasy
Mita
Apr 25, 2008 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2008, fantasy
Micha
Apr 25, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Misty
Jul 02, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Joanie
Nov 15, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: swapped, just-got
Leigh Ann
Jun 17, 2009 marked it as to-read
Jennifer Eklund
Jul 18, 2009 marked it as to-read
Slayermel
Aug 31, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, neil-gaiman
Kiki
Nov 28, 2009 rated it really liked it
Gaijinmama
Feb 26, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
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Starcatcher
Apr 07, 2010 marked it as to-read
Tank
Apr 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chris C
Nov 30, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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