You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

55 reviews

iamkaitlinnn's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

raechelraej's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

the most magical realism book i’ve read and I absolutely loved it. characters were so distinct and memorable despite there being a whole lot of em. I did enjoy our look into the world of the gods and just doing side quests with interesting characters. but I wasn’t a huge fan of the last but plot. but the ending was really good. tied everything in a nice bow even if it wasn’t super satisfying. would’ve been a 5 star if it weren’t for that few chapters where the plot felt rushed and like it was a forced grander meaning behind everything 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

vivectelvanni's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

wise_old_fishie's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

it was well written just a looong read for me. the characters and events were quite interesting I grew quite fond of some of the characters, and you really did feel the time passing, events that happened weeks ago in the book really did feel like they'd happened weeks ago.

after i'd gotten half way through I wasn't going to let myself dnf it, but it really did  feel like an accomplishment to have finished it :p

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

elliv's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

moksha's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Vile

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

ashleythebookwhore's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I’m convinced this whole book is a one-man con and we all got played. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

elbell1012's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 How much can you really separate the art from the artist? As an artist myself I know my experience, actions, and my very core affect what I create. I am my art and my art is me. So, I find the recent allegations against Neil Gaiman disturbing and heartbreaking. I was about halfway through this book when the news broke, and while my opinions on this book are not changed, I will no longer be supporting Gaiman by purchasing more books.

Anyways

This book was long and this book was meandering. I feel like it very easily could have fallen into Lord of the Rings territory (ploy droughts). I felt that Gaiman was able to keep the story moving at a clip, even though for a while it felt like nothing was happening. Things were happening within the nothingness if that makes sense?

I think my favorite parts of this were the vignettes of the Gods being brought to America by their believers and the story of Salim and the taxi driver. They felt both educational and entertaining. I’m not sure how much research Gaiman did, but I sincerely hope it was thorough. There were a few parts around halfway, and slightly before, that were a little icky, especially considering the SA allegations. Mr. Wednesday(old man, thousands of years old) screws a 17 year old and Shadow, who judged Wednesday for previously stated action, remarks on how beautiful a 14 year old would be in 10 years. That felt even more gross than it would have already all things considered.

The ending was this books saving grace. It felt a little “Twilight Saga” (iykyk), but I think it did it much better. I was a little confused on the ending, but maybe I'm too stupid for a book like this.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings