magicalmilly@bookwyrm.social reviewed American Gods by Neil Gaiman
almost exactly what I wanted
4 stars
A very very compelling read.
I loved the story, the characters, the setting. This truly does capture the strangely mystic nature of the flyover states in America.
I listened to a full cast audiobook version during my work commute, and I had moments of straight up yelling in anger or shouting in joy at the audio at the events. It's just a wonderful book.
My only gripe is some of the language used. In the first half of the book in particular, the author had a weird obsession with writing about women's nipples. Every single female character had their breasts and nipples described in a weird amount of detail.
Like, I know some of the characters are literally sex gods, and I understood them being described in Full Detail. But like, moon goddess in a nightgown? Didn't need to know about her nips.
Thankfully, after all the major players are …
A very very compelling read.
I loved the story, the characters, the setting. This truly does capture the strangely mystic nature of the flyover states in America.
I listened to a full cast audiobook version during my work commute, and I had moments of straight up yelling in anger or shouting in joy at the audio at the events. It's just a wonderful book.
My only gripe is some of the language used. In the first half of the book in particular, the author had a weird obsession with writing about women's nipples. Every single female character had their breasts and nipples described in a weird amount of detail.
Like, I know some of the characters are literally sex gods, and I understood them being described in Full Detail. But like, moon goddess in a nightgown? Didn't need to know about her nips.
Thankfully, after all the major players are introduced, that stops. But it did make me just stare at my car sometimes with a "why am I being told this'" while driving.