Ed@bookwyrm.social reviewed American Gods by Neil Gaiman
3 Stars
3 stars
Enjoyed it but not my favourite work by the author.
paperback, 640 pages
English language
Published Oct. 8, 2010 by Headline.
3 stars
(1 review)
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.
Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there... --back cover