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Manda's Bookshelf: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Jul 05, 2010 23:25

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

( Manda's Bookshelf - Summer Reading )

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aquila1nz July 8 2010, 23:10:23 UTC

If you found American Gods not fleshed out enough you're going to find Neverwhere slight - it's the novelisation of a TV series he wrote. There is good stuff in there though. Stardust might be better, or even Anansi Boys, although it also has an unreactive male protagonist (Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Anansi Boys, Graveyard Book, oh dear, they all do). I wonder if the girl in Coraline is the same, I haven't read that.

I enjoyed American Gods, but I have real trouble remembering what happened in it. I love the central conceit, and the tales of the different gods.

muppetmanda July 13 2010, 06:44:30 UTC

Hmm. good to know. I wonder if thats a theme for Gaiman - unreactive male protagonists.

And I don't mind... not a lack of detail, persay, because I've read some really beautiful stripped down prose (see my next review of Night) it just seemed that he had the whole world in his mind, but only about 60% of it got to the page, you know?

i did enjoy the different tales of the gods, and especially the struggle between new vs. old.

Are you a sci-fi/fantasy fan? or do you have a broad range of interests? my books this summer are going to be all over the place lol.

thanks for responding! :)

aquila1nz July 13 2010, 10:05:21 UTC

I'm a sff fan but do read a lot of everything. Or I did before the internet ate all my time.

muppetmanda July 16 2010, 05:36:27 UTC

LOL that pesky internet, eating up everything in sight lol.

I'm a fan of everything too, although I love a good fantasy novel. Like I said in the first post, I try to make myself alternate between fiction and non-fiction, otherwise I'd get into a rut :)