American Gods

I had grand expectations for this novel. I'd heard such wonderful things about Neil Gaiman, and was pretty astonished that he was so successful without me knowing so. When I'd read that the series was coming to TV, I knew that I needed to read it first. Let me say here first that I read the completely unabridged version, meaning that Gaiman inserted sections that were originally cut from the novel in its first print. My trouble with this novel is that it never felt as if it truly got started. One subplot would be underway just to be abandoned for another. It took me quite sometime to understand Wednesday's goals. I felt that there was some grand plan behind this novel, so that some mission would be unraveled and completed. And yet, everything felt completely unresolved. And when it was resolved, the subplot had been left cold for so long that I'd lost interest in it's conclusions. I do believe this book is ripe for cinema because of the long stretches of America that it covers. I hope though that some larger development comes of it. I'm interested to learn how The America when it was first published will meet with the America of today.