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American Gods (American Gods, #1)

Neil Gaiman

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Feb 22, 2015 Branwen Sedai *of the Brown Ajah* rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

"Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end."

When Shadow is let out of prison, all he wants to do is settle down quietly with his beloved wife, Laura, and finish the rest of his existence peacefully. But when he is approached by a mysterious, eccentric, and powerful man named Wednesday and offered employment through him, he finds his life turned upside down as he is taken cross country to ...more

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Sep 24, 2015 Anna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Mixed feelings about the whole experience of reading this book. It really did feel like an experience. When I first started this book, most of the time I kept thinking...omgod how am I going to finish this, I just don't get it. Then I finally caught on but I felt like it was still taking too long. Then I started to get excited about it and read a little faster. Then I finished it and am still not completely satisfied. So all in all it was an experience. Whether I completed enjoyed that said expe ...more

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Jun 30, 2017 Rev Gary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

It was a difficult book to get through. It certainly was not light reading. I was determined to get through it. Maybe if I reread it i would get to truly appreciate its depth.

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Apr 30, 2014 Jennifer Nelson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thought-i-would-like-it-better

I think I might have liked this more if not for the cover. I'm a sucker for photos of abandoned houses/buildings, and this one was in the middle of a field, it was dark, etc. So there was just no way the book could arouse the same depth of feeling. I found it to be a very level book, the same pace all the way through. There were some moments I really did like, but I found the last 50 pages rather disappointing. ...more

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