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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

20 reviews

totemnovember's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I know the allegations published by Tortoise Media are making many, many people think twice about the author. I can't deny i love this book, and I can't blame anyone for refusing to pick it up. I might receive Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel to anyone who wants something with a somewhat similar feel, and a much less divisive author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

sammhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

American Gods feels like a journey into the heart of the American cultural fabric. Narratives of Irish sun gods, slaves and immigrants are interwoven into small town pitstops and dinners at funeral homes. It's medium paced and offers a variety of narratives to stimulate multiple avenues. Good story about meaning, symbols and finding yourself. Mythology and mystery along the way keeps it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Colonisation

it's all a big con!!!

moksha's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

dwjo227's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

c4rn4ge's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

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

Edit in light of the news about Neil: The kiss in this now has a different meaning and gives me an icky feeling. I see why I didn't like it.

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Content Warnings

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

sumia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

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

Minor: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

ajdenson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

2nd time I read this book. I enjoyed it much more at age 18. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

szote's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War