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Published Jan. 17, 2017 by Headline.

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Review of 'Neil Gaiman American Gods 5 Books Collection Set' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I think it set, I'm not a Gaiman fan. The problem I have is that he has fantastic ideas, and great plots...but it's ruined by an inability to coherently put it all together. He's all over the place. This particular story made me excited then random unnecessary scenes would come up. Characters would setup their scope, then he'd have them do something that feels unnatural to that character. But this seems to be his style.

Review of 'Neil Gaiman American Gods 5 Books Collection Set' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I picked this one up because of the TV show that's currently out. Full disclosure I don't like much in the fantasy genre. This book was no exception. It was ok, but it's just not my cup of tea. Kinda like listening to someone else explain their crazy dream. Interesting, but ultimately doesn't do anything for me.

Review of 'Neil Gaiman American Gods 5 Books Collection Set' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

It's all a metaphor, from the beginning to the end.

Synopsis: The old gods are the ones brought to the North American continent by travellers, migrants and immigrants, long before the continent was even called America. They feed on worship and thrive on sacrifices of their followers, but they don't do well in America, because people don't worship them, are forgetting them, and the old gods grow older and die forgotten. The main character, Shadow, is actually human, hired by one of the old gods, who calls himself Wednesday, to help recruit the old gods against the "modern gods" that people worship nowadays: Internet, cars, credit cards, computers, TV, phones and everything symbolizing modern times. The conflict seems inevitable...

With all the gods marching through the pages of the book, it's natural to think that it's all about religion. It isn't. And you don't need to be an immigrant to …

Review of 'Neil Gaiman American Gods 5 Books Collection Set' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, is the story of Shadow, a large man, just released from prison, who suddenly finds himself a central player in a brewing war between the forces of old power and new power.

Gaiman is a very clever writer, and there are ideas and imagination aplenty here. All in all I found this novel to be very entertaining. I will admit that it took me a little while to become involved with the central character of Shadow. He’s kind of an enigma even to other characters within the novel who we expect to know things we don’t. This leads to a kind of remoteness that is sometimes a little hard to overcome.

The story is sprawling as the characters travel to and fro across America. There are many characters introduced seemingly at random meetings who then re-appear later and we learn that the earlier meeting was …

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