Oh, that’s just what I do! My first impression is always colored by much revision long, long after the fact. Or usually. Not always.
Anyway, though - yes. WTFery will hit you eventually, but you will not care, because the book is so damn good. I adore his Loki and Odin so much. Odin/Loki OTP, I tell you.
I can only tell you to get reading Sandman promptly, because otherwise there will be Deliciously Dark Nail Gaiman withdrawal. And, I mean, comic books. You can get through one in an hour. More if you take time to jot down the lovely quotes, as I should have done at the time.
Re: divine lovekatia_chanJanuary 15 2008, 17:47:40 UTC
Definitely. Owe you my reading life for suggesting this to me.
One thing, loved so much, how he managed to keep the love interest in there without making it a "love interest." We had Laura, but somehow you just knew that wouldn't last, but yet it gave just enough of a hint at romance that the lack of it anywhere else was pretty much unnoticed. And I just have a soft spot for her...dead women who pwn completely are awesome.
Re: divine loverotyndJanuary 17 2008, 13:40:13 UTC
Oh yes. Laura was seven different kinds of cool. And that book was just so incredible. I wanna re-read it now...
Hm. And I saw some net-people complaining the other day because there was nothing fundamentally 'American' about Shadow [aside from being Native American, people?], which I really don't get the point of. I mean, the point was America-the-continent, right? The frontier. Not America-the-country. Heck, one of the earliest scenes pretty much has to take place in Canada, if I remember correctly.
But anyway, the mindfuckery that is Odin, the Oz-ish calm and love that is Shadow, the whole thing. It's always about blood...
Re: divine lovekatia_chanJanuary 17 2008, 17:24:08 UTC
You should reread it. If I have my guesses correct, this book has quite the draw of its own. I know I'm going to end up rereading, with or without my own conscent.
You know, I think they're missing the point...shadow is American in the way of the very very basics, not the shallow stuff, and yes, the Native American thing...their argument's got absolutely nothing.
And I'm trying (this is sad as I just finished it) to remember which part took place in Canada...it eludes me. I know Minnesota and Wisconsin, but I don't remember Canada, though I'm sure it was in there somewhere.
Gaiman is the king of plot twists, he really is. Damn. It's fairly hard to surprise me in books, but this one threw me for a loop until the very start of the final battle. And that sealed my love for it.
I actually have no idea where he lives...last I heard he had a place in/near Minneapolis, but I don't actually know anything for sure at all. Either way, he's super close!
And if you're ever going to a signing, you *have* to call me and take me with you.
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Anyway, though - yes. WTFery will hit you eventually, but you will not care, because the book is so damn good. I adore his Loki and Odin so much. Odin/Loki OTP, I tell you.
I can only tell you to get reading Sandman promptly, because otherwise there will be Deliciously Dark Nail Gaiman withdrawal. And, I mean, comic books. You can get through one in an hour. More if you take time to jot down the lovely quotes, as I should have done at the time.
Mm. Seriously, though. American Gods FTW.
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One thing, loved so much, how he managed to keep the love interest in there without making it a "love interest." We had Laura, but somehow you just knew that wouldn't last, but yet it gave just enough of a hint at romance that the lack of it anywhere else was pretty much unnoticed. And I just have a soft spot for her...dead women who pwn completely are awesome.
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Hm. And I saw some net-people complaining the other day because there was nothing fundamentally 'American' about Shadow [aside from being Native American, people?], which I really don't get the point of. I mean, the point was America-the-continent, right? The frontier. Not America-the-country. Heck, one of the earliest scenes pretty much has to take place in Canada, if I remember correctly.
But anyway, the mindfuckery that is Odin, the Oz-ish calm and love that is Shadow, the whole thing. It's always about blood...
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You know, I think they're missing the point...shadow is American in the way of the very very basics, not the shallow stuff, and yes, the Native American thing...their argument's got absolutely nothing.
And I'm trying (this is sad as I just finished it) to remember which part took place in Canada...it eludes me. I know Minnesota and Wisconsin, but I don't remember Canada, though I'm sure it was in there somewhere.
Gaiman is the king of plot twists, he really is. Damn. It's fairly hard to surprise me in books, but this one threw me for a loop until the very start of the final battle. And that sealed my love for it.
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And the fact that he lives in our state makes him even more awesome.
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And if you're ever going to a signing, you *have* to call me and take me with you.
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