Anyone read American Gods by Neil Gaiman?

[whiteyswifey]

What were your thoughts?

[rootbeerfloat]

It was our January Book Club book.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/282478/january-2014-book-discussion-spoilers

[frog]

Love Gaiman. Love love love. However, though I love the book, it can be a bit difficult to get into.

[Wallflower]

No, the Ocean at the End of the Lane was the January book.

I have American Gods on my wish list on Amazon, so I'll be interested in hearing what people have to say.

[rootbeerfloat]

Lol, ignore me

[charlatti]

I was completely convinced you were right, rootbeerfloat ! Clearly I'm not paying attention.

I love American Gods. It totally sucked me in right away. There's a lot to it, but never in a bad way, IMO. I love all the mythology twined into the storyline.

[rootbeerfloat]

I was trying to help and may have been a little drunk

Anyway, I read it (and think there may have been a discussion or two a long time ago). I didn't like it at first, but I did appreciate it by the ending. But Gaiman is not really my cup of tea.

[sparrowsong]

It was ok. I just felt like it was way over my had. I just don't have enough background foundation in mythology to really understand all of what was going on.

[sunnysally]

American Gods is the best book I've read this year! I was trying to finish it on a Friday night, but I was getting a headache so I decided to go to bed and finish in the morning. I had the weirdest dreams/nightmares about the book all night long. It really got into my head.

[pretzel]

I liked it, but not as much as some of his other books. I liked the Ocean at the End of the Lane, I LOVED Neverwhere. I most recently read his short story "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains" (you can read it here at www.fiftytwostories.com/?p=1338 and loved that.

Neverwhere, Stardust, the Cave story, and his graphic novels rock. I just liked American Gods and Anansi Boys.

BUT, I am super excited to be able to report, I got a book (probably that one) signed by him about 15 years ago and my friend and I brought a couple beers to the signing because it was packed and we felt bad for how long he had to be there. LOL, what brown nosers we were!