Reviews tagging 'War'

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

56 reviews

trying_ceratops's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I ended up liking this book by the end but the docked stars are for the pace of the book and the fact I’ve tried to read this 3-4 times before unsuccessfully and finally pushed through this time. The mythology is neat, there’s definitely some misogyny, and the character development is the main character is well done but takes forever. The middle felt like a nothing happened.  All that said, that should show how good the rest of the story is to get it up to 3.5. I know people who love this book and would argue its merits until they’re blue in the face, but I probably won’t re-read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

ded_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lancemama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

peggy_racham's review against another edition

3.25

Perhaps I wasn't the right audiance for this book. Its was strange and strangely slow at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ohlala_kaylala's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: War

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

phvntomstvrs's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

ourlittlelibaryt's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Es war ein unglaublich schwer zu lesendes Buch. Obwohl mich die Geschichte interesiert hat musste ich mich häufig durch die Seiten zwingen. Die Themen und Story sind sehr interessant können es aber nicht alleine aufrecht halten. Am besten fand ich die Kurzgeschichten von Wututu und Agasu, Essie und Salim und des Dschinn.  Noch anzumerken ist das viele gerede über Titten, Klöten und stahlharte Erektionen. Aight I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I finally got around to reading this after it was recommended to me by my older sister. It was good. I enjoyed it. It's a big book, so I used it to try and work through my big book fear. I enjoyed the variety of gods that the book showed. I didn't always know which god it was talking about, but that's more so due to my lack of knowledge about these things. But there were a lot of interesting gods that I now want to learn more about. The audiobook was good. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to people who are into this kind of thing. But it's pretty slow at times, so it's not for everyone.

For me, this book seemed almost like a love letter to the US. The main character travels around (even coming to my city at one point and mentioning a tiny town just minutes from where I grew up). It showed the absolute majesty and beauty of America. But it still acknowledges the horrors, both past and present that America has done. The themes that this book explores are interesting. Neil Gaiman is a master in storytelling.

I wouldn't really call the ending "satisfying," but I don't think that was kind of the point, so I'm not going to hold it against the book.

Content warning that doesn't necessarily fit into any of the listed categories:

The main character, at one point, does have sex with a cat god, which some people may find strange. That scene made me a little uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

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