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Review title: Good dark fantasy
Product review: American Gods is the story of an ex-con with the single name of Shadow who is reluctantly recruited to participate in a war of the gods. The ancient gods are fading as they are being forgotten, and new gods, representing television, computers and other modern objects of worship, are coming into power.Gaiman, more well-known for his critically acclaimed comic book writing does a good job here. At times the story does drag a little and at other times he is a little unclear, but overall, he has written a good novel.The obvious influence for this novel seemed to be Harlan Ellison's Deathbird Stories (with its tales of the gods of modern life), and I was pleased to see Gaiman acknowledge this influence in the afterword. In style, however, this book is more reminiscent of Clive Barker at his peak. As dark fantasy, this is a good work, and although there is some room for improvement, I'd be willing to read more by Gaiman.
