A review by kirstenrose22
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

3.0

I wanted to like this book. I really, really did. I mean, it's Neil. But..... I just couldn't. Maybe it wasn't the same without the pretty pictures of Sandman. Actually, I thought the plot didn't really hang together all that well - it was too episodic, rambly and vague, and nothing happened for 80% of the book except Shadow wandering around. There is a lot of almost-name-dropping too - not quite telling you which god he was talking about each time, and I felt like he was mocking me ("heehee, I know who this is and you don't - nyaaaah"). A lot of his themes are ideas he touched on in Sandman, and I guess I liked the way he handled it there better.