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American Gods was a pretty good book, thanks

EDIT (24.09.2024): Well, turns out Neil Gaiman has, alledgedly, sexually assaulted at least three women (Galazia, Paul Caruana; Gunning, Katie; Johnson, Rachel: "Exclusive: Neil Gaiman accusedo f sexual assault", in: Tortoise Media (03.07.2024), https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/07/03/exclusive-neil-gaiman-accused-of-sexual-assault/ [accessed: 24.09.2024]) with a large enough age gap that I would question the inherent power imbalance it feels wrong to uncritically let my praise stand, no matter how I felt about the book and how probably no one is going to ever read this. Let's just read some Ursula LeGuin for now. - I finally finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods and I know I am late to the party for a book that was published before I was even born and well beloved by people loving books decades before I had even heard of it but it's just a very good read. It might be the book that gets be back into writing. Fiction, that is, not autobiographical sludge (...