Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

19 reviews

cstein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

4.5

A couple too many driving scenes and stays in decrepit hotels/houses bogged down the narrative in the middle. However, overall I found it to be a provocative and authentic-feeling exploration of American culture, rounded out by a slow burn small-town mystery and anchored by a fantastical romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Incest

zumakroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Cursing, Animal death, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

I can't believe a British man captured the charm of the US so well. Holy places being roadside attractions and small towns was such a good decision, and I love that Gaiman makes sure his characters are fed and you know it. Makes me hungry. I can definitely feel where his voice shows up in Good Omens now. I can also see where this book inspired other creators I follow (Erin Morgenstern, Alex Hirsch maybe). Took a minute to care about Shadow, but he really is such a sweetie and it shows in the littlest ways like caring for Bast before he really decided he believed in gods and cheating a coin toss to lose so he would have to pay for Sam's meal. I can tell it's been too long since I've been in a literature class because the foreshadowing drove right past me, even when it was literally in all caps and bolded, smh. Kinda surprised at how easy the resolution seemed, but overall it concluded very well. Loved it so much, I bought Neverwhere before I was halfway through this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Colonisation, Cursing, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Blood, Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Grief

ocean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, Stalking, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Dementia, Death of parent, Cursing, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Blood, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Confinement

corriejn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

I thought most of this book was great, but certain sections (no spoilers) dragged out far too long. I did listen to the ~12k words longer, original author's cut edition, so maybe those were some of the sections that were cut down a good bit for the original publishing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Excrement, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Car accident, Cannibalism, War, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty

madradstarchild's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

cierralizer's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, and Car accident

jessspeake's review against another edition

I'm going to DNF this audiobook. It was time to return it to the library or renew it, and to be honest I didn't want to spend any more time listening to the audiobook.

I felt uncomfortable with the graphic sexual content in the book.

I often had to rewind to find out what was going on, because I would zone out and miss things because the book didn't hold my attention. Maybe this would have been different if I was reading the physical book?

To be honest, I think the only reason I kept reading this long was because it had a full cast audio narration. The audio itself was good, and I tried to push through, but this book isn't for me.

There are a few things I liked about it, but there were more things I didn't.  I really wanted to like this book (and I rarely DNF books), but in the end, I decided I didn't want to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

bravokidroxy's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was a book. It is asking to be made into a TV show so I’m really glad they’re doing that on HBO because I feel like that’s the only way that a story as dense as this one can be told without feeling like the slog it did here. The first 9 chapters, 230 pages or so, are thrilling and interesting with Gaiman’s style of throwing you into the hot pan with the MC on full display. Then for some unexplained reason we are removed from the main story line and set upon another much smaller feeling mystery. This sort of detour feels like it’s waiting to be filler episodes.

When we finally get back into the action I told my friend “I feel like this is all building to something but by the time it gets here the books going to be over” and I was not incorrect. The final boss took 100 pages and then we were in an epilogue with very little transition. 

Overall I think I was just too hyped up for this book, for it to work on me. I read it mostly on kindle and there were A Lot of typos which didn’t do much to the sorry for me but could be a problem for some of  y’all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Confinement