Book report: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Book report: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman Gail D. would love this book. It's full of gods, demons, and other entities from sacred writings, myths, and legends all over the world. Here's the basic idea: When people came to America , they brought with them the gods of their homelands. As time has gone by, these gods don't get the worship they used to, and a lot of them are down on their luck, scrounging their way the best they can in the world. In the meantime, people have found new modern gods to worship – TV, computers, the Internet, drugs, and so forth – and these new gods want the old gods out of the way. A massive battle is looming between the two groups, with weapons of supernatural power and technology. Caught in the middle is a man called Shadow (we never learn his actual name: Dave would love it). Practically everything appears from Shadow's point of view. He's not the brightest bulb on the chandelier, and the reader figures out a lot of thing