American Gods

Graphic novel

English language

Published Feb. 13, 2020

ISBN:
978-1-5067-0556-9
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(306 reviews)

2 editions

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

I read the author's "preferred" cut of the book (the Tenth Anniversary edition?). Gaiman said he added a ton more words to it and it seems like it did drag on in spots, particularly near the end, which basically winds down in extended epilogues. But I read the book in order to watch the TV adaptation, and I think my experience of the show is richer for it.

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

Gaiman can be so hit & miss. I love love love Sandman & The Graveyard Book but Neverwhere was virtually unreadable. He's like Tim Burton, pretty good all said, but often heavy-handed in his desperation to keep it whimsical & always a bit samey. Buuut it's a theme that has worked thusfar & they certainly have the cash to prove it.

Throughout the entire book I just couldn't get over the protagonists deeply silly name. I mean...

Anyway, it's not bad - decently paced, even if minor characters' elaborate backstories fail to elicit the desired sympathy when they're immediately bumped off. There are plenty of excellent ideas & any plot holes can be deus ex deus'd or explained away by magic, which wraps things up for a squeaky clean (if a tad unsatisfying) ending.

Not that it's particularly relevant, but since finishing the book I've watched a couple episodes of …

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

Really enjoyed this. I've been meaning to read it for quite a while, and it did not disappoint. Interesting premise, and of course Gaiman's writing is a joy. Some lines made me laugh out loud, which is rare for a book. For example: “The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”

I listened to the full-cast audiobook, which is read from the "author's preferred text." Highly recommend.

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

Despite how much I love this book, I realized this was only my second readthrough. I think I might have enjoyed the second read even more than the first, but it doesn't really matter.


After the postscript, the author included a snippet he'd written for, then removed from, the original book. It dealt with an unexplored facet of the story that I'd felt was glaringly absent the first time I'd read American Gods, but now I feel the author was right to remove it. It's not bad, it just doesn't...fit. The story was better without it.


This book is wonderful, and I can't wait for the show. :)

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

Every hours wounds. The last one kills.

I have a questionable track record with Neil Gaiman books and I don't think what he writes is up my alley. I have read three books and haven't enjoyed them at all. I appreciate what Gaiman does, with his distinctive voice, unique take on fantasy novels and brilliant characters are exceptional but I find the read to be more challenging than refreshing.

American Gods was a drag for me. I had little enthusiasm to pick it up and read. The story felt random for the sake of being random and yet I felt that there was some hidden meaning to it all that was just going over my head.

It's about the soul of America, really. What people brought to America, what found them when they came; and the things that lie sleeping beneath it all.

Reading the journal entries at the end …

Review of 'American Gods' on 'Goodreads'

About 10 years ago I read this for the first time. I still remember that I didn't like it at all (originally I gave this a 2-star rating). It was the first book by Neil Gaiman I ever read and it was to be the last for quite some time. Re-reading it 10 years later, I still understand what I didn't like about the book. I expected some nice urban fantasy and this book is everything but nice or pretty. Instead of a "nice" protagonist I met Shadow, this convict non-hero without name or heart or special powers, and Wednesday the god of con-men. I expected an easy genre read and instead found an episodic, meandering plot with long detours through psychedelic dream-scapes that left me wondering more than once what was going on. It all finished with an ending that I found highly unsatisfying back then. I felt cheated …

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