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A review by bruinuclafan
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2.0
This is a bad book. It's over 500 pages, yet manages to say very little. The only reason it avoided 1 star is because I actually finished it and because there were a few paragraphs that I liked.
The main character, "Shadow," is released from prison the day after his wife dies in a car crash. He then signs on to help "Mr. Wednesday" as a sort of personal assistant. It turns out that Mr. Wednesday is involved in a war between the old gods and the new American gods (like television and technology).
That's basically it. There are a few plot twists that fall terribly flat. The ending is ultra cringe. Each chapter is excruciatingly long (50 page chapters should be forbidden). That's it. Don't read it.
The main character, "Shadow," is released from prison the day after his wife dies in a car crash. He then signs on to help "Mr. Wednesday" as a sort of personal assistant. It turns out that Mr. Wednesday is involved in a war between the old gods and the new American gods (like television and technology).
That's basically it. There are a few plot twists that fall terribly flat. The ending is ultra cringe. Each chapter is excruciatingly long (50 page chapters should be forbidden). That's it. Don't read it.