American Gods (The Tenth Anniversary Edition)

Highly recommended, and definitely one of my favorite novels of all time!

This book turned me over completely to Neil Gaiman and made me drooly and ga-ga for his writing like a Twilight fangirl on too much fairy dust. I've read a few of Gaiman's works before ( The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes, Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, and Stardust), but none have blown me so completely out of the boiling seas like American Gods.

American Gods is one of the quirkiest books on American culture and belief that I've read. Told from the perspective of a particularly insightful non-American, American Gods takes a long, hard look at how cultures and religions mesh, change, and fade in the states. How do Americans define and create faith? What gods does a godless nation--or maybe an excessively god-full nation--have with not even 300 years of national existence under its belt? With ghosts, murders, gods (both forgotten and barely worshipped), Naiman weaves a tale that suspends previous conceptions of the American psyche, turns it up on its head, and makes you question, Who really is that homeless crazy in the subway station calling himself Mr. Wednesday?

Like the questions it poses, the story is not straightforward. Rather, it's a meandering road trip that takes numerous pit stops at creepy carnivals and random road-side attractions. Only, you have old worn-out gods and cranky demons for company.

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

An instant classic

This is one of my favorite books, and it was great to see it available as an e-book. If you like a sophisticated fantasy set in the modern world, American Gods is for you.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

All I hoped for...and more.

Really great read. Engaging story and characters. I had no idea where this story was going to end up. Loved it.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

not my favorite of his

Not sure why. Something very self-conscious about this book. And hard to follow..as though skimming on the surface of a much better deeper less-clever but more soulful story. I like gaiman a lot but like pratchett he sometimes just wants to be clever rather than smart.

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Language

Unfortunate use of foul language beginning on the very first page, once you finally get past the rather long winded introductions. Yes. Plural.

2 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

You won't want to put it down!

A great read and hugely engrossing although impossible to describe. Read this. You'll be glad you did.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Good

This book is really good. Fun to read!

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Awsome sauce

Awsome. Just awsome.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Another fantasic book

It was hard to put this book down. Then again its hard to put any of his books down.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

An amazing book

This is one of the best books I've ever read. Neil gaimen is my faviorite author and he will be for a very long time. Everyone should read his books,expessially this one. I assure you, you won't be disapointed.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

COOOOOL!

Wow. Just wow. The book of the century!

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Bizarre and interesting, typical Neil Gaiman

I loved this book. The basic premise of gods brought to America and then abandoned is a neat one and lends itself to many interesting plot lines. I also found a new place to add to my wish list to visit; the House on the Rock. Weird place, but actually real.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I've spent 30 minutes trying to find something to say about this

I've spent 30 minutes trying to find something to say about this book, and the best i can come up with is it's creative. The writing didn't grab me. The story didn't hold me. Based on the reviews i forced myself to finish it, and i turned the last page, thinking to myself ... "so what??"

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Boring..

Absolute randomness. Could not get into it.

1 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

A real page turner

Loved it to the last page

1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Started strong but ended weak...

I really had higher hopes for this book... Great concept poor execution.

1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Interesting

Good story but a little slow at times

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Sample

I think it's a complimentary sample. Just go to your account and click that little delete button if you don't want it. It's not rocket science.

1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Amazing!

The best!

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