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American Gods by Neil Gaiman

8 reviews

peggy_racham's review against another edition

3.25

Perhaps I wasn't the right audiance for this book. Its was strange and strangely slow at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

ourlittlelibaryt's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Es war ein unglaublich schwer zu lesendes Buch. Obwohl mich die Geschichte interesiert hat musste ich mich häufig durch die Seiten zwingen. Die Themen und Story sind sehr interessant können es aber nicht alleine aufrecht halten. Am besten fand ich die Kurzgeschichten von Wututu und Agasu, Essie und Salim und des Dschinn.  Noch anzumerken ist das viele gerede über Titten, Klöten und stahlharte Erektionen. Aight I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation, Slavery, and Death

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Torture, Body horror, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoy Gaiman's stories most of the time, but misogyny slips out here and there when he's trying to be gritty. Ruins my enjoyment. I catch myself wishing a woman had written them instead.

I also find the "troubles" bit in the middle difficult to understand--doesn't seem to further Odin's/Loki's purposes that are central to the story. No real reason to kill some of the gods who were killed. If there had been some established enmity between them and Odin or Loki, sure, but I didn't see anything. 

Encapsulating both these complaints: Balquis' character seems to exist completely for proposes that don't further the narrative: adding a sex(ist) scene and dying during the "troubles" part. I could be convinced there's narrative value there, but I'm not seeing it at the moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Abandonment, War, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Rape

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

gracklewarp's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Colonisation, Drug use, Animal death, Classism, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Genocide

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

tarynlannister's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Death, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, War, Terminal illness, Drug use, Colonisation, Alcohol, and Animal death