A review by w_r
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

3.0

I both liked and did not like this book. The exposition was lengthy and dull, but the various plots and timelines somehow made it go quickly. It was obvious while reading it that eventually all the pieces would come together, but it felt so fractured and erratic that I found myself getting annoyed, rather than invested. I was interested in the characters but I did not care about any of them.

There's a part in the back, an essay from the author, that calls this book what it is. "A bunch of fragments of plot, an unwieldy assortment of characters, and something faintly resembling a structure came together in my head." That pretty much sums it up. 

I read this book so I could watch the show, but I don't know how that's going to convey half of this beast of a novel.