How did I not read this book before? loved it. It made my brain hurt in so many wonderful ways.

I would love to get inside Neil Gaiman's head for a bit to see what is going on up there. This book, inspired by Gaiman's visit to and ultimately his time spent living in the US, certainly defies genres. It's part American road trip, part science fiction, part fantasy and magic, part horror, and won awards in almost all of those categories. The main character of Shadow is drawn into the world of the gods left behind and forgotten during the early days of America. The new Americans came to worship new gods, such as technology, money, and capitalism. The earlier gods from Europe, Africa, Scandinavia and many other parts of the world are being egged on by Wednesday (aka Odin) who wants them to claim their rightful place in the pantheon by waging war against the new deities. But all is not what it seems, as mysteries are eventually revealed to Shadow, who comes to understand his role in all of the coming final confrontation.

3.5*

Esta fue una relectura.
Había que leerlo para el club de lectura y por votación decidimos abandonarlo porque nadie podía avanzar en la lectura y justamente habían pasado cosas terribles en Chile. Yo seguí leyendo porque dura y porque tenía ganas de seguir leyendo nomás.

En general, noté varias cosas que había olvidado, pequeños detalles que me hicieron disfrutar un poco más la relectura.
Le tengo cariño al libro pero lo disfruté más en mi lectura anterior.
Aún estoy sorprendida de que Sombra me siga pareciendo un weón fome e incluso con su fomedad eterna, yo encuentre bacán su punto de vista como personaje principal super neutro

4.5 stars. Absolutely wonderful. An all-American road story meets Gaiman weirdness. And in the middle of it all, you get some deep insights into ‘the soul of America’ snuck in there amidst the snark. I loved it.

*3.5

Vreemd boek. Dikwijls heel meeslepend, andere momenten heel langdradig. Net zoals het hoofdpersonage een beetje all over the place.

Brilliant, quirky, twisted. All the things I love in a good story.

Got super lost at several points, but as it wrapped everything up it all kinda came together for me. Good times

The first half of this book was fascinating and gripping. The second half though, was so bloody that I just wanted it to end.

I’ve re-read parts of the book, but this was a full re-read. Still the best book I ever read and I’m surprised how many things I didn’t notice before.

First time I was enthralled with all the mythology. This time it was the travails immigrants had to go through to succeed here and how they clung to what was left behind.