A review by jeaniinabottle
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

4.0

So fair warning, there is a LOT of weird sexual sh*t in the first five chapters or so of this book. We have

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a woman dying from roadhead, a man being literally absorbed into a woman's vagina, and the implication that our protagonist will eventually fuck his dead wife whilst she's still dead

. There's also the later

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sex scene through which two men literally switch species and the fact that our protagonist is raped (?) by a goddess, possibly while she's still in cat form

. BUT if you can get through the pile of weird sexual stuff, this is a really solid read with really fascinating implications and some unusual but provocative concepts - what DO we, as Americans, worship? What specifically entails worship?

The characters are interesting and the gods are in many cases familiar but still unique and memorable. I also was impressed, because I thought I'd nailed the twist long ahead of time, but it was actually different than what I'd figured out.

Overall a very solid read, though I'd be reluctant to recommend it to everyone, because, once again, so much weird sexual shit.