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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sick of emotionless male protagonists meeting a supernatural, charming guy with a “too good to be true” offer. stephen king called. he wants his perverted take on a female character back
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hay poco que pueda escribir al respecto de este libro, ya que es una novela tan compleja y llena de historias paralelas, que me quedaría corta con cualquier cosa que diga.
Me encantó, me deslumbró, me entretuvo y me hizo pensar... la religión siempre me resultó odiosa y, en esta novela, les dioses son tan humanos como quienes les trajeron a América. Claramente no es el hombre quien se hizo a imagen y semejanza de les dioses, sino al revés. Pocxs de elles son virtuosxs en este libro, siempre esperando sacrificios en su honor, arrogantes y vengativxs.
Me pareció genial la unión entre mitología y realidad y me encantaron las historias antiguas que se mezclan entre los capítulos de la historia de Shadow.
El final es genial y, en la versión de décimo aniversario, el audiolibro trae un apéndice (un bonus track en el que aparece la estrella religiosa de América). El relato es con todo el reparto de la serie y está logrado de manera excelente.
There were so many references and allusions....I think I missed half of the book because I couldn't relate to all of them. I think the entire thing was a 'whoosh' moment, because I feel there's this huge deep and philosophical meaning that I totally did not get and just went right over my head....
Never felt so dumb in my life....
Never felt so dumb in my life....
This is the first book I've stayed up late to read since I was a little kid... I read 300 pages in one day!!
I was enchanted by how complex and yet how simple the plot of this story was. I felt like I should have worked out all the twists before they happened, but I didn't, and that was beautiful. I cannot comprehend how Neil Gaiman takes so many individual threads and weaves them together into such a masterpiece.
Neil Gaiman is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. He has a way with words that avoids all cliche, a way that I could only ever dream of achieving!
I was enchanted by how complex and yet how simple the plot of this story was. I felt like I should have worked out all the twists before they happened, but I didn't, and that was beautiful. I cannot comprehend how Neil Gaiman takes so many individual threads and weaves them together into such a masterpiece.
Neil Gaiman is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. He has a way with words that avoids all cliche, a way that I could only ever dream of achieving!
There is only so many hyper-sexualized descriptions of women I can take.
Also, someone tell me why this writing is dead and emotionless. In the first ten pages his wife is dead and there is nothing? No inner life? Some of the dialogue is fun but damn the POV is absent.
Why so many sex scenes. Why so horny.
Why no plot. Why.
Potential was there. Delivery achingly empty.
Also, someone tell me why this writing is dead and emotionless. In the first ten pages his wife is dead and there is nothing? No inner life? Some of the dialogue is fun but damn the POV is absent.
Why so many sex scenes. Why so horny.
Why no plot. Why.
Potential was there. Delivery achingly empty.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
wow, That was definitely a powerful read-a lot of questions unanswered, but a great story. I need to read Anansi Boys now.
I read this as a teenager and I remember it being sort of silly and gross...
I have many thoughts.
- I think I will end up remembering this book fondly because i really liked the last quarter. I love foreshadowing and random elements that are tied together and are brought back and I love cons and revelations and mystery. I think reading it a second time would add so much to the experience. However I will likely not do that because
- I really did not like most of the set up. So many things added for shock value seemily that didn't add anything to the story (in my opinion) (not even "setting the mood", he does that quite well without the weird sexualisation of literally every woman and the gore that read like someone writing bloody scenes and giggling to themselves "hehehe that'll shock them", so idk what he was getting out this) (it oozes of early 2000s).
- I didn't mind the exposition part but I also found it boring in places. It was good content, bad packaging.
- I did like Shadow. I can totally understand where others are coming from, calling him bland and boring, but I liked his approach and point of view. I liked the way he took decisions on the Low Key and had strength in silence and observation.
I can't quite put my thoughts into words and also I forgot the thoughts I had 500 pages ago yanno.
- I think I will end up remembering this book fondly because i really liked the last quarter. I love foreshadowing and random elements that are tied together and are brought back and I love cons and revelations and mystery. I think reading it a second time would add so much to the experience. However I will likely not do that because
- I really did not like most of the set up. So many things added for shock value seemily that didn't add anything to the story (in my opinion) (not even "setting the mood", he does that quite well without the weird sexualisation of literally every woman and the gore that read like someone writing bloody scenes and giggling to themselves "hehehe that'll shock them", so idk what he was getting out this) (it oozes of early 2000s).
- I didn't mind the exposition part but I also found it boring in places. It was good content, bad packaging.
- I did like Shadow. I can totally understand where others are coming from, calling him bland and boring, but I liked his approach and point of view. I liked the way he took decisions on the Low Key and had strength in silence and observation.
I can't quite put my thoughts into words and also I forgot the thoughts I had 500 pages ago yanno.