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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

111 reviews

iamkaitlinnn's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

jkeybeane's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

pleppita's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexism, Violence, and War

raechelraej's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and War

Minor: Infidelity 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!!!

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

the most magical realism book i’ve read and I absolutely loved it. characters were so distinct and memorable despite there being a whole lot of em. I did enjoy our look into the world of the gods and just doing side quests with interesting characters. but I wasn’t a huge fan of the last but plot. but the ending was really good. tied everything in a nice bow even if it wasn’t super satisfying. would’ve been a 5 star if it weren’t for that few chapters where the plot felt rushed and like it was a forced grander meaning behind everything 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

aniquegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

phenomenal premise but slightly hard to keep track of the plot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

vivectelvanni's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

wise_old_fishie's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

elliv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and War

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit