American Gods

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Neil Gaiman

P. Craig Russell

AMERICAN GODS by international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly acclaimed major TV series starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson and now, for the first time, adapted in stunning comic book form. This is the first of three bind-up editions. 'A must for any fan of American Gods or the work of Neil Gaiman... [sitting] alongside the TV series and the novel as another way to tackle and understand Gaiman's deep, rich narrative' Starburst Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard - thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent.

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Author

Neil Gaiman

Pages

541

Publisher

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Published Date

2018

ISBN

1472251369 9781472251367

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"IN THE BEGINNING..this book was interesting. I connected to the characters immediately. However as I kept reading I found myself more and more uninterested. I could’ve put this book down and walked away and been better off for it. It’s a great idea! However for me it fell short and became drawn out, slow and meaningless. "

Tim Dockens

"Can Neil Gaiman actually do wrong? I propose to you that he can not. "

Emily Listermann

"All consuming ***? Oh."

Brynn Coombes

"Love Neil Gaiman, magical story set between two prospectives of the world "

Danielle Murch

"I think its an interesting book, but i dont know what to take away from it. To me, its more like a thought experiment of what it would be like if gods were like us. The storyline felt quite drawn out and I was expecting some epic ending, which I didnt get. But overall, it was a cozy book you could snuggle up to. "

Bikiran Guha

"This was a bit of a long winded book for being only around 500 pages with many of the plot points feeling almsot repetitive at times. A lot does happen throughout the bulk of this book but most of it is either left unanswered or is hidden between the lines with not much really impacting the story until the last 150 or so pages. The climax is a steep climb when you get to it but still feels like more of a hill than a mountain, however all loose ends are tied and the “hidden between the lines” aspects I mentioned are revealed in a very clever way that does, however, become a bit predictable as it starts to unravel. Overall a good read but you really have to stick with it until the latter end to get the pay off."

Taylor Kroeger

"I found this book hard to stay invested in. There were random bits of story (that weren’t pertinent to the story line) put in at the end of each chapter that ripped me from the story and after I found it challenging to regain my focus on the main story."

Jarrett Palmquist

"It’s intriguing premise is explored and expanded in a rich story, peppered with anecdotes that slowly fill up a menagerie of cultures and stories exploring the fundamental understanding of what faith is and how it has changed history and each of us."