Thursday, September 6, 2012

A little late post on American Gods

Since I have nothing else to write about at the moment, I decided to write about a book that I read over summer for AP Senior English - American Gods. This book is a novel by Neil Gaiman and won both the Hugo book award and the Nebula award. From this point on I will be including details of the book so if you have not read the book, I advise you to not read any further.
Overall, the book was extremely enjoyable. In the case of summer reading, I usually tend to rush the book and not pay attention to the content. I was planning the same course of action for American Gods but once I started reading it I found out how great of a book it was. The novel is action-filled with enjoyable characters, along with some prostitution scenes. In addition to those aspects the plot evolves at a decent pace, which keeps the reader going.
My favorite part of the book was probably the interactions between Shadow and Wednesday throughout the book, especially on their car trips. Their conversations are intelligent at times and blunt at others, educating and entertaining the readers at the same time. By the middle of the book the reader starts to think that Shadow and Wednesday are real father and son.
Again, this book is a well-written piece of art, having a well-developed plot along with characters that one can relate to. I would recommend this book to anyone who is craving a good read filled with adventure and suspense.

2 comments:

  1. I also agree that American Gods was a really good book to read and i'd recommend it to everyone. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the ending. The end of the battle seemed to sudden and rushed. Does anyone else feel that way? It just didn't satisfy my expectations of how it would all turn out.

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  2. I agree. That battle scene wasn't nearly as EPIC as it could've been.

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