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American Gods follows Shadow, caught up on a mission by a mysterious man named Wednesday after he gets out of prison. To avoid spoilers, I’ll leave the rest to you to find out.

I enjoyed this. While I sometimes find Neil’s protagonists somewhat distant, Shadow felt a little more “real” (if that makes sense). There were a couple of mysteries surrounding the central plot that I had a lot of fun teasing out, and the gods portrayed are all quite interesting. I also appreciated the use of less conventional gods; i.e. outside of the typical roman/greek/norse pantheon that tends to be common in fiction.