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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

88 reviews

grp101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

It was so clever and SO good. The way Neil Gaiman writes is enchanting and I need to read everything he’s ever written now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

dramagnu's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

aqueezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Alcohol

joensign'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Blood, Car accident, and War

Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

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

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

esoreilla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Murder

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

It was very engaging and interesting. I really enjoyed learning about all of the different mythologies and gods mentioned (I read the annotated version so it gave me more information) and I really liked this book!

erikwmj's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Torture