Neil Gaiman - American Gods
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American Gods is a the most mature book I've recommended so far. It is a full on rated R experience. Full stop. Expect sex, violence, swearing and all the other stuff that makes being an adult tolerable.
But don't let that warning scare you away, American Gods is a book that will stay with you long after you put it down. Gaiman has knack for putting an idea on paper in a way that you have an epiphany about it weeks, sometimes years later.
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What makes American Gods so good is the subversion of expected beliefs about religion in America. This isnt an examination of the usual ideas of Christianity, it's about that which gets left behind or forgotten as the American culture changes in ways that not even the gods truly understand.
Expect some truly imaginative and "WTF just happened!" moments.
Gods has a batcrap amazing ending.
The TV version on STARS is p. good, but it won't have this ending. Gods is one of Gaiman's best.
2/2
@Hobyrim Confession: I only made it half way through. I couldn't keep track of the characters and got lost time and again. It's a weird personal quirk of mine.
But, I still have the book and an determined to give it another go at some time.
@ChippySuave honestly if you watched the series it might help you.
American Gods almost requires you to have previous knowledge of Norse and Greek mythologies to keep the characters straight.
I dont fault you for it, I started it and stopped it like 3 times, but when it finally hooked me, it hooked me hard.
This is a book that both demands your undivided attention and your complete imagination.
There are easily 5 different stories being told at the same time.
@Hobyrim @ChippySuave
BTW... I read them the other way round AGs first then NM... And I can see how flipping, makes sense...
LOVED AG... And also loved what I learned in NM...
@Hobyrim @ChippySuave
Have you read Norse Mythology as well?
I am thinking that that should be first, followed by AGs?