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Book Review of American Gods

American Gods
kathleenmarie avatar reviewed A Fascinating but Dark Read on + 91 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2


I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. It sat on my shelf for more than a year as I pondered whether to read it or not. It is a rather dark read but is not a horror story, more just dark fantasy. If about eight unnecessary pages were deleted the book would have been better. What made the story interesting for me where all the stories, myths, legends within the story. Gaiman did his homework.

The premise is that when people emigrated or were brought to American they brought their "gods" with them and then the gods were abandoned for new gods. The old gods and the new gods planned a war... But there are many twists and turns in the story that keep the reader wonder what is going to happen next.

I don't know if I would read it again because it is a dark read, but I am glad that I gave it a go.