American Gods Volume 1: Shadows

American Gods Volume 1: Shadows

v. 1. "This volume collects issues #1 through #9 of the Dark Horse comic-book series American Gods: Shadows"
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Maggie Gordon@maggieg
4 stars
Aug 13, 2022

Beautiful, albeit perhaps overly cautious adaptation of Gaiman's famous book. While the recent TV show American Gods took a rather creative approach to retelling this story, the graphic novel is extremely faithful to the original novel. Some may love this; others may find it an unnecessary retelling. For what it is, the art is atmospheric and the pace consistent to what I want from the story. I love American Gods and I'm certainly not going to complain about getting another version!

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Celeste Richardson@cecereadsandsings
3 stars
Aug 11, 2022

I’m not sure what I was expecting from this, but it wasn’t a word-for-word presentation of the novel itself. The only difference was the inclusion of the, well, graphics. I think this three-part series of graphic novels would be perfect for someone who hasn’t yet read the book, or a superfan looking for a slightly different experience that doesn’t change a thing about the story they love. However, as someone who likes the book a good deal without quite loving it, and who has read the novel more than once, this felt incredibly repetitive to me in spite of the art. Also, there is some really weird sexual content in this story that is much easier to skim over when presented in pure prose. Some of the images that accompanied these scenes in the graphic novel iteration were difficult to stomach. But as always, Gaiman tells an incredibly interesting story. As this is such a faithful, virtually unabridged version of the novel, I will be skipping the other two volumes of this series for now. But, like I said, I can see this being a huge hit for both superfans and newcomers alike.

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Xavier Falaise@xafa
3 stars
May 14, 2023
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Amna A.@crayoladagger
3 stars
Apr 5, 2024
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Melissa Railey@melrailey
2 stars
Jan 18, 2024
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Ayşe Özkan @ayseo
5 stars
Nov 26, 2023
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Heather Overstreet @Hlhayes7
4 stars
Oct 28, 2021
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Jessica @jessicabeckett
5 stars
Aug 25, 2021

This book appears on the shelf next ones 🫡

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