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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

75 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book.. wow. When I started it, I didn't expect to fall in love with it as much as I did. This story is definitely going to stick around in my mind for a while, especially the next few days, since I can't stop thinking about it or bring myself to start another book. Maybe Norse Mythology. Wednesday was one of the best parts of the book, and I know it's what he's most interested and knowledgeable in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

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

eni_iilorak'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

road24'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, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

cmcryst's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Colonisation

melodykmtx'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

giannacolo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

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

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia