![]() ![]() As the novel begins, Shadow is about to be released from prison after doing three years for his part in a robbery. Yes, that's his real name, or as much of a name as we ever get. ![]() well, this is going to be another one of those reviews where I basically trash everything I didn't like about a book that I mostly liked with reservations.Īmerican Gods begins with our protagonist, Shadow. ![]() Neverwhere was just okay.Īnyway, I finally got around to reading his Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel American Gods, and. I used to count Neil Gaiman as one of my favorite authors, largely on the strength of Sandman and Good Omens (which he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett, who was probably responsible for all the funny parts). It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece. One of the most talked-about books of the new millennium, American Gods is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an American landscape at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming - a battle for the very soul of America. His wife has been killed a mysterious stranger offers him a job. Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. ![]()
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