The story's structure is fairly exact, but you don't catch on to what Gainman is doing or how he weaves the plot for quite a long way into the book. It is also interesting to see an Englishman's take on what it means to be an American. However, any student of Joseph Campbell will be entranced by some powerful storytelling and understanding of myth. I think that it's a story that you really can't love, though, unless you have some background in myth, how myth works, and the basic themes that surround the stories that are as old as human speech itself.
If you love myth, you'll love American Gods. As things get crazier, he must search within himself to find if can again care about himself or anyone around him.Ī Powerful Story and an Interesting Analysis
After losing everything, he no longer cares what happens to him. "Shadow" as he is aptly named, is not so much a reluctant hero as an apathetic one. The main character is, of course, one of the most interesting. You feel that they aren't just there to further the plot, but that the plot is there to explore their depths. The depth of the characters is very satisfying. You can read it and re-read it and find interesting new things hidden around every corner. So, why did I give it four stars? The book is full of fascinating ideas. Finally, there is a lot of swearing and some rather gruesome passages, but nothing I would call obscene. The pacing is also much slower and it's not a strictly linear plot. This book is much darker than his other work though perhaps bleak is a more accurate word.
If you've not read/listened to anything by Neil Gaiman I recommend you don't start with this one. 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. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies. Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. 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. 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.īut just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. Now a STARZ® Original Series produced by FremantleMedia North America, starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, and Pablo Schreiber.
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