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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

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iamkaitlinnn's review against another edition

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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

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jkeybeane's review against another edition

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

3.5

This was a reread for me and while the story is well-written I hadn’t remembered the gratuitous sex/objectification of women.
The only woman who enjoys sex is brutally murdered on the page.
. While some of this may be colored by the  unearthing of allegations against the author, I’ve thought similar things about books written in the same time period where the author doesn’t have any allegations against them.
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wise_old_fishie's review against another edition

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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
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moksha's review against another edition

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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
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dwjo227's review against another edition

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

4.0

It was a very interesting read. The beginning and end became exciting and quick paced while the middle was kind of slow. Almost the opposite of what you’d expect. Interesting twist, but also kind of BS in an M. Night Shyamalan kind of way. 
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c4rn4ge's review against another edition

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emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Primer libro que leo de Neil Gaiman, definitivamente voy a buscar su bibliografía porque este libro fue un favorito casi instantaneo.

Digo casi instantaneo porque cuando me di cuenta que el libro no iba a ser estratagemas, reuniones tácticas, ataques y contrataques (como pensé por la reseña en la contraportada) tuve la tentación de poner en pausa mi lectura y buscar otro libro. Pero, poco a poco, me fui adentrando más y más en la historia tanto por Sombra como por las trastadas de Wednesday.

Lo que más me gustó fue lo diverso de los seres míticos y deidades que aparecen en el libro, realmente es un catálogo diverso de personajes que me tuvo pensando en que deidad podía ser tal o cual personaje; mis favoritos fueron: 
  • Anansi > el Sr. Nancy
  • Thot > el Sr. Ibis
  • Anubis > el Sr. Jacquel
  • Bastet > la gata de Ibis y Jacquel
  • Loki, el preso Low Key Lyesmith
También me impulsó a reflexionar en los apartes del Sr. Ibis, el monólogo de Sam Cuervo Negro sobre aquello que una persona puede creer con todas sus peculiaridades, adendos y lógica particular.

Hubo, aún así, dos historia que me impactaron:
  1. La historia de los dos hermanos vendidos como esclavos, ¿cómo sería nuestro mundo si los imperios esclavistas hubiésen colapsado mucho antes de lo que hicieron? ¿Y si no hubieran existido? No solo la falta de arrocidades, dolor y sufrimiento, pero la mezcla de razas, la mutilación social y cultural que muchos pueblos sufrieron ¿Cómo serían las culturas y nuestro mundo moderno? ¿Cómo hubiera sido el intercambio cultural entre países sin estos imperios?
  2. Los niños asesinados en Lakeside, la monstrousidad que los humanos creamos en esos dioses tribales y los pobres niños que pagaron con su vida la sed de sangre de Hinzelman.
    Muy Omelas si me lo preguntan.

En cuanto a Wednesday, al principio fue como Ugh, maldito arrogante suertudo pero luego que le roba a la cajera, a los negocios y sobretodo como trata a Pascua y a la mesera del café me quise meter al libro para golpearlo y decirle que me importa un comino su berrinchito porque ya no le matan gente o animales en su nombre. Es peor, mucho peor, que la mesera a la que trata como basura.

Por último, el final del libro fue tan sorprendente como el desprecio que le agarré a Wednesday, que es mucho. Puedo decir con certeza que me alegro
de que Sombra les haya echado por tierra todo su teatrito y su guerra fabricada. Mira que tener un niño con una completa extraña solo para manipularlo de esa forma, solo Zeus es así del mal padre.
Y estoy seguro que, sinportar lo que Wednesday o Loki digan
el robo salió mal y encarcelaron a Sombra por favorecer su maldito plan. De esa forma, podían aprovechar para que Sombra estuviera vulnerable no solo por la ruptura de su relación como por la muerte de Laura. Además, seguramente, la mataron por puro gusto, no porque sirviera de algo; otro bendito "castigo" a la humanidad por no hacer como Wednesday quiera.
Como si alguno de los dos mereciera otra cosa que el olvido.
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ee_comins's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-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

5.0

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gemstonejasper's review against another edition

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

3.75

I finally got around to reading this after it was recommended to me by my older sister. It was good. I enjoyed it. It's a big book, so I used it to try and work through my big book fear. I enjoyed the variety of gods that the book showed. I didn't always know which god it was talking about, but that's more so due to my lack of knowledge about these things. But there were a lot of interesting gods that I now want to learn more about. The audiobook was good. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to people who are into this kind of thing. But it's pretty slow at times, so it's not for everyone.

For me, this book seemed almost like a love letter to the US. The main character travels around (even coming to my city at one point and mentioning a tiny town just minutes from where I grew up). It showed the absolute majesty and beauty of America. But it still acknowledges the horrors, both past and present that America has done. The themes that this book explores are interesting. Neil Gaiman is a master in storytelling.

I wouldn't really call the ending "satisfying," but I don't think that was kind of the point, so I'm not going to hold it against the book.


Content warning that doesn't necessarily fit into any of the listed categories:
The main character, at one point, does have sex with a cat god, which some people may find strange. That scene made me a little uncomfortable.
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aqueezy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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