Sometimes I think he is given carte blanche simply for being Neil Gaiman. He tends to drag out certain things and go on tangents that are neither important to the story or understanding the characters. Still, for someone who is a great storyteller, I find his actual writing mostly dry and listless. For someone who I find to have very dull writing, Giaman actually got something right in the way these characters talked. I did like that most of the main characters were POC, and that their dialogue could have gone very wrong but somehow wasn't. The few bits that kept me going were the actually interesting bits like the shamanistic world that seemed like a cross between the broadway version of The Lion King and Just So Stories. I understand that he's a trickster god and everything, but was his personality really going to change that much? I'm just not a fan of inconsistencies.įor the most part, this book is as dry as its predecessor. In Which Is a Sort of Sequel to American Gods?-įirst off, I have to say that the characterization of Anansi feels very different than the same character in American Gods. Or to paraphrase our current Supreme, Cordelia Foxx, this book was about “Divine being finally having a human experience.” Perhaps that was the author’s intent that these once exciting characters were now moving toward a slow and uneventful death and the pace was just a commentary on their mundane existence. (I had to force myself to finish it since I bought this nice Barnes and Noble edition.) American Gods was mostly a silent road trip along barren tundra, punctuated occasionally with mythological cameos that rarely added value to the story. My issue with the story was that it was so bleak and slow moving.

If you’re a fan of world mythologies you will likely have fun spotting the Easter eggs and references, but those with only a casual understanding will probably have the allusions go right over their heads. Lesser known mythological figures such as Thoth, Czernabog, and Anansi make appearances. While bigger names such as Odin and Loki are present, The premise is great: The old gods of mythology are rising up for a war with the newer American Gods (such as Technical Boy who is the god of computers and the internet, and Media who oversees television) those that are representative of more modern ideals. That being said, I feel like I was supposed to like this book more than I actually did.

And how could you not? He is immensely imaginative and quite witty. You know, I think I love Neil Gaiman in theory more than anything else. Barnes & Noble's new CEO wants the chain to be more like an indie

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