American Gods
Registered by 
Nordpirat
of Bromma, Stockholm Sweden on 11/6/2016
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
Nordpirat of Bromma, Stockholm Sweden on 11/6/2016 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Description:
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break... Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break... Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.
It's been a couple of years now since I read it.
The book was not entirely to my liking, though it wasn't entirely to my disliking either.
I think it's in many ways ingenious and as far as I can tell Gaiman has done a good research job with different mythologies.
But there are things in the story that does not really appeal to me. I can't put my finger on all of the aspects I feel I like less. But one of them is definitely that it's too american.
I can see that much of the hole point in this story is the Americanisation of the gods, but I still don't really like it.
Gaiman is a fine story teller though and at times his language is really poetic and beautiful.
The book was not entirely to my liking, though it wasn't entirely to my disliking either.
I think it's in many ways ingenious and as far as I can tell Gaiman has done a good research job with different mythologies.
But there are things in the story that does not really appeal to me. I can't put my finger on all of the aspects I feel I like less. But one of them is definitely that it's too american.
I can see that much of the hole point in this story is the Americanisation of the gods, but I still don't really like it.
Gaiman is a fine story teller though and at times his language is really poetic and beautiful.
Journal Entry 3 by Nordpirat at Konditori Ritorno in Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden on Friday, November 11, 2016
Nordpirat at Konditori Ritorno in Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden on Friday, November 11, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (11/11/2016 UTC) at Konditori Ritorno in Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Hej du som hittar boken!
Välkommen till bokens journal!
Var snäll och skriv en liten anteckning om var du hittade boken någonstans.
Välkommen hit till BookCrossing också!
Titta gärna runt lite på sidan BookCrossing.com.
Man behöver inte registrera någonting om man inte vill, och man kan vara helt anonym om man hittat en bok. Då står det bara "anonymous finder" (anonym upphittare) i bokens journalanteckning.
Jag tycker det är kul att vara medlem och jag tycker medlemskapet fungerar bra.
Man behöver inte registrera sig med sitt riktiga namn om man inte vill - det är böckerna som har huvudrollen! :-)
E-postadressen lämnas inte ut till någon! Jag har aldrig fått spam eller oönskad e-post på grund av bookcrossing.
Man väljer själv hur mycket kontakt man vill ha med andra genom forum och liknande.
Jag tycker BookCrossing har hittat ett riktigt bra fungerande system där man har alla möjligheter att vara "hemlig" eller social, vilket man nu trivs bäst med.
Undrar du något så skicka gärna ett PM - Personal message (personligt meddelande) till mig – Nordpirat.
Titta också gärna in på det skandinaviska forumet; det tycker jag är riktigt trevligt! :-)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/31
Trevlig läsning!
Välkommen till bokens journal!
Var snäll och skriv en liten anteckning om var du hittade boken någonstans.
Välkommen hit till BookCrossing också!
Titta gärna runt lite på sidan BookCrossing.com.
Man behöver inte registrera någonting om man inte vill, och man kan vara helt anonym om man hittat en bok. Då står det bara "anonymous finder" (anonym upphittare) i bokens journalanteckning.
Jag tycker det är kul att vara medlem och jag tycker medlemskapet fungerar bra.
Man behöver inte registrera sig med sitt riktiga namn om man inte vill - det är böckerna som har huvudrollen! :-)
E-postadressen lämnas inte ut till någon! Jag har aldrig fått spam eller oönskad e-post på grund av bookcrossing.
Man väljer själv hur mycket kontakt man vill ha med andra genom forum och liknande.
Jag tycker BookCrossing har hittat ett riktigt bra fungerande system där man har alla möjligheter att vara "hemlig" eller social, vilket man nu trivs bäst med.
Undrar du något så skicka gärna ett PM - Personal message (personligt meddelande) till mig – Nordpirat.
Titta också gärna in på det skandinaviska forumet; det tycker jag är riktigt trevligt! :-)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/31
Trevlig läsning!
