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eddiesourboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer and Pedophilia
miayukino's review against another edition
- 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
2024 update: this was my favorite book. i’m so disgusted and sad. believe survivors
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and War
sreddous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I think it’s a unique balance – Shadow doesn’t have a “super strong personality” as a POV character, which could be annoying...but, no, instead, the way I interpreted it, it just made it easy to see him as someone who’s, like, “yup, the gods sure are up to some wacky things, aren’t they?” and… yeah, I’m along for the ride too, what will these wacky gods cook up next??
So that’s why I call this book a five-star experience for me. It felt…strangely realistic and calming!
I think if there are any things I wished could have more space instead of maybe some of the slower plot points, it’s that I wish we had more locations visited in the USA – we spend a whole lot of time in the Midwest, and that’s fine, but it’s such a big country with different pockets of immigrants bringing different gods to different areas, it would have been fun to discover tiny little towns in other places too.
I also found myself asking questions like, “well, the USA isn’t the only capitalist/hyper-modern/greedy country with a large immigrant population – did Greek immigrants bring versions of their gods to Australia, so there are Greek gods in Greece, the USA, and Australia?” And we get a glimpse of that formula being possible when Shadow is in Iceland, so I’m glad to have that touched on, even though the book does indeed focus on, well, the American Gods and how they behave in the USA specifically. So it’s fine.
This is a tricky, complicated topic with tricky, complicated metaphors. But, it sure did leave me thinking and re-imagining scenes.
Content warnings: graphic descriptions of animal abuse and death, sex-related violence, gore
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Sexual violence
greenglass67's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail
cstein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
zumakroom's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
szote's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
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
kaabtik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content
leapyear_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- 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
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