Title: American Gods
Author: Neil Gaiman
Series: American Gods #1
Genres: Horror, Fiction,
Urban, Contemporary
Publisher: William Morrow
Release: June 21, 2011
Source: Paperback
Pages: 653
// Goodreads //
BLURB:
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies...and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing - an epic war for the very soul of America - and that he is standing squarely in its path.
EXPECTATIONS: This book was recommended to me by one of my course mates during my Master
Degree, when he and I started discussing books. He said if I love history,
mythology, fiction, horror and just good literature I will love it. I have to
admit first time after reading it I didn’t like it as much as I wanted to. But
after audiobooking it again, I did enjoy it much much much more than the first
time!
THE WORLD: The world is pretty much as we
know it, and then so different. Out main character lives in the normal world,
with normal problems and issues and tragedy. But little does he know that there
is another world filled with Gods and magic and all you need to do is get a job
as a bodyguard!
CHARACTERS: The story follows a man named
Shadow Moon (love the name), who when we meet him is about to be released from
prison to attend his wife’s funeral. During his travel back home he meets an
add fellow who seems to know a lot about him and just stuff in general and
offers him a job. I like Shadow; he was silent, kept to himself. What I liked
about him the most was that he did the right thing. He find out something
horrible when he gets back to the funeral, he still pushes through and does the
right thing. He never allows himself to harm a weaker or vulnerable person just
because he’s mad or annoyed. And also, he had the courage to accept what was
happening to him.
Another character I liked – Wednesday! He was so
funny, had by far the best line in the book and just the vibe of how he carried
himself in the book! Like he was The God!
Characters I didn’t like – Laura, Shadow’s wife was ….
Ok. I did like the old Gods, he Nordic ones, the Slavic ones. I found then
hilarious and amazing! I disliked Technical Boy! I just wanted to punch him repeatedly!
ROMANCE: Shadow still lived with this undying love for
Laura. She loved him too. But honestly, love or romance is not what this book
is about at all!
GOOD: The idea itself! And I
agree 100% with it! We do sometimes let the old ways we were raised go and give
ourselves entirely to the new generation, to the new world. Which I agree with,
person should evolve, people should work for better, but I think at the same
time not forget or more not confuse religion with things you can’t live
without. I liked that this book showed us how slowly technologies and TV and
everything, becomes our new Gods.
BAD: It
was to my mind a little slow at times.
OVERALL: For sure! Yes! Go and
read this book!!!!
What do you think about AMERICAN GODS?
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