I was trying to catch a flight home from Boston a few years ago. I get through security, get to my gate, and go to pull out my book to read while I wait, only to realize in my rush to leave my apartment, I'd left my book sitting on my bed. Fortunately, I had 30 minutes before the airport bookstore closed, so I rushed over, looking for something to read on my week-long break. For some reason, a copy of "American Gods" with a cover meant to tie-in with the then-upcoming show caught my eye, so I grabbed it. As I'm going to pay for that and a couple magazines I'd snagged, the woman at the check-out smiles at me and tells me to open the book to and flip through the first few pages. Turns out, Gaiman had been through the day before and had signed a bunch of copies, so I got a signed copy without knowing it.

Shadow becomes easier to "be in the headspace of" if you've ever dealt with depression or hit the low point of "i don't seek death, but willingly accept it when it comes" that people with suicidal tendencies or ideology hit far before other people do. Other people tend to hit that point far later in life.

Baldr being a light god while the main character's name is Shadow Moon is also hugely amusing.

Funny story. I'm married to a man from South Africa. My husband is very proud of his heritage, but he's also remarkably compassionate and sensible. In order to really thrive in most places in South Africa, in particular where he lived, one needs to be multilingual. Due to a childhood hearing loss, I am not capable of learning a foreign language. Realizing that I would not be able to learn any other language, while he was fluent in English and could even manage an American accent that was passable, he agreed that he would move to America and we would settle here. Not only would it be easier on me language-wise, but the Americans with disability law would provide me with greater protection. But this move was with the understanding he would never accept American citizenship, just remaining perpetual American resident. He fully intended to simply renew his green card every 10 years. Then he read this book. Almost every night brought a new exclamation from him that an American trait he'd previously found baffling now made sense. Before the book was even finished, he'd become invested in the US. And shortly after he finished, he applied to change his green card to citizenship. So Neil Gaiman managed to explain the US to my husband.

Fun fact! I took "Anansi Boys" with me on vacation once with my family. My mom, who was having trouble reading from a distance, asked me a question I'll never forget. "What's that you're reading? 'Anus Boys'?"

As a Bulgarian I am absolutely fascinated with the inclusion of Czernobog. It's not everyday you get to see this deity in anything other than Disney related stuff. (Yes, I know about SMITE, SHUSH!)

I did like in the TV adaptation, there was a scene where at a party for Easter, there was a lot of JCs attending, each representing a version different cultures and ethnic groups worship at church

The funny thing is, Gaiman and Prachett's concept that Gods come from the collective worship of people might have inspired Rick Riordan in his own worldbuilding of the Percy Jackson universe, because its often mentioned how Gods wouldn't exist if the people who remember them cease to exist. This takes quite a depressing chapter in the "Throne of Fire" of the Kane Chronicles and an important character development in "The Burning Maze" from The Trials of Apollo. In both novels (and possibly more), its mentioned how a god being forgotten by its worshippers is like a cripling dementia and severe aging resulting in the god losing sentience and even ceasing to exist. Also how the different ways Greek and Romans worshipped the same gods caused them to develop a godly version of Bipolar disorder.

My favorite thing from reading American Gods was Gaiman's author's note where he mentions that he wrote Coraline while he was suffering with writer's block for American Gods.

Something about Shadow as a protag is something called out in-story: That he has very little presence to HIMSELF. Like his sense of identity is just not there, and, yes, that CAN make it hard to get inside his head, but, honestly... I think serves as a strength of the story because it both ties in with the theme, and also makes it easier to digest what's going on without a potential unreliable narrator problem. Also, the one line "That one hurt. Everything else just sits on the surface." is such a FUCKING apt description of also why he seems to be so numb and empty.

I still remember reading his first encounter with media, how it takes the form of an episode of I Love Lucy that suddenly and shockingly turned into a scene of domestic abuse. That whole scene unfolding before Shadow or the reader really understood what was happening was so creepy to me.

I think the part that contradicts Dom’s assertion that Shadow is a sad character comes in the “My Ainsel” section. That’s one of my favorite parts of the book because Shadow starts living a more carefree and joyful existence as though that town was designed to shut out most of the world. Hint hint

Dom: Take care of yourselves. Your boy worries. Me, after having a long week: Awwww! Thanks, Dom!

You know, I never thought of Shadow as a sad protagonist. To me he came across much more apathetic than sad. And somehow, it suited him, it never got boring. Ricky Whittle played him perfectly in the adaptation, methinks. And Ian McShane was PERFECT as Wednesday.

There are two sequel short stories, Monarch of the Glen and Black Dog. The premise is basically Shadow wandering through Europe, encountering its folklore. They’re very good, and Gaiman’s said he’s got a couple more stories with Shadow to tell.

As a Dane reading American Gods was especially delightful, because it was fun to see how an American Odin might work and I was oddly emotional about Shadow going to visit the "real" Odin at the end (in Iceland, not Sweden, as it happens - unless that's something he changed too ofc).

One of my most vivid memories of this book is having the reveal of a certain mis-spelled but very important name and castigating myself for days afterwards because I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT.

I'm not going to lie...when the murdered children's story started to unwind in the Audible version I was SO on edge! I don't know why I found it humorous how many times people just couldn't figure out what the heck Shadow was ethnically. I like that the tenth-anniversary edition included the Jesus bit and he was all, "Yeah, my people are kinda oblivious and wouldn't know who I was if I rocked up and slapped them."

One thing you didn't mention that struck me when I read it was that it felt like a comic serial written as a novel. Obviously Neil Gaiman had a prolific career as a comic writer (not just on The Sandman) and I think some of the structure of comic arcs carried over into the structure of the book. You have world building shorts unrelated to the main plot, you also have specific instalments, episodic chapters,and separate incidents that build to a conclusion but they're somewhat standalone.

personally, my favorite aspect of the version of this that i read is the bit where laura, in the confrontation with loki, lakes the spear and tosses it over the battle to consecrate it to shadow. such a great way to foil the big bads` plot, using information they either didn`t know she had or thought she didn`t understand.

American Gods is the first book I ever read from Gaiman and my absolute favorite. A very small detail, but imo it has the best modern depiction of Thor. Edit because I felt like expanding on this: It's a very small section in the book, and I don't remember the quote exactly, but it was Mr. Wednesday talking about Thor, and he said (paraphrasing) "Not bright, but he'd give you the shirt off his back if you asked". It seems like a lot of modern authors (and video games, looking at you God of War 4) are making Thor either just a moron or outright malicious/a giant gaping asshole, so Gaiman remembering that he's supposed to be a really nice guy makes me happy. It also makes the fact that Thor killed himself in the book all the more tragic.

I don't know which edition I read, but the biggest difference that stood out to me is, in the edition I read, Laura dedicated the battle to Shadow, which I thought was a great touch.

Two things to note: It's interesting that Shadow is AFAIK never called "Shadow Moon" in the book. We can only infer to that being his name because his wife's name is Laura Moon. He's called that in the show constantly. Also when Shadow and Wednesday make their contract over three pints of met, one doing vigil for the other in case one dies was part of that. Shadow just held his end of the bargain there. Keeping one's word is kind of a theme in the book. Also I might just be imagining this but there was this weird, illusory god that took part in the meeting of the carousel and later in a car with Shadow and Kali. He was indescribable and impossible to grasp somehow. I never figured out who he was suppost to be. Does anyone know?

Weird flex: Neil Gaiman was seated four rows in front of me at a Jonathan Coulton concert in Minneapolis right when JC blew up. Probably the whole room knew he was there, but we were good Minnesotans (and also in our late 30’s) and did not bother him.

God I love American Gods so much. I grew up a Percy Jackson kid so discovering that book as a young adult was massive to me. Still one of my faves

I believe it's pronounced "Kay-ro," not "Cairo." We like to mess up pronunciation over here. Looking forward to your lost in adaptation. I love the novel and liked parts of the series (especially the first one). Particularly loved how they grew Mad Sweeney's role.

It took me sooo long to realize Low Key is... Loki. I don't know why I didn't pick up on it earlier when I read American Gods, but it never occured to me they are the same. Probably because Low Ki is a wrestler and I mixed that up in my head. Still a great book!

The biggest missed opportunity of this timeline was that we never got the Neil Gaiman Norm Macdonald collab that he talked about. Just imagine how sardonic weird and fun that book would be

Your comment about Shadow being so depressed to care about what happened to him hit the mark to me because he was the perfect companion to me when I read the book as a teen. 'Cause I was very depressed too and then my father died and it is funny because I read Anansi Boys first (didn't know it was a sequel of sorts) and I remember thinking, I should read it again as an orphan but Fat Charlie and Spider are so funny I ended up reading American Gods for a second time lmao Shadow, was a good companion to my grief and his story was entering enough to keep me reading but not overwhelming, I even forgot that the whole bank robbery and the old man killing girls were parts of the same book and not something I heard from the news 🤣 I do hate that bit with Shadow and the young girl tho, and kinda broke my immersion. And even as 15 years old when I first read those books, I noticed that Shadow, Richard and Fat Charlie are all shackled by wicked exes, Neil Gaiman might be my favourite author but he still a man.

Me realizing you didn’t mentioned the God that everybody forgets: I see what you did there

Information I feel is important to share: I have a cat named Shadow after the American Gods character. He is a VERY large black cat (26 lbs), extremely sweet to everyone, and scared of all strange noises and people. A gentle giant. Which since I named him when he was little ball of fluff seems to confirm there's something to the idea that pet names bestow character. (He also had a brother I named Sweeney, who unfortunately ran out the front door and into the woods and was never seen again...sad but also strangely appropriate.)

My only complaint about this video is that you didn't talk about his obsession with coin tricks. I thought it was an interesting part of his character and it ends up being a weirdly relevant part of the plot. There's something kind of sad and wholesome about a guy who keeps quarters as contraband in jail as something to keep him sane. And it's cute how every time he sees a kid he uses it as an opportunity to practice. It's sweet and it says more about his character than anything that's in his head. Also I think all of the little sub stories are really cool. The one about the Piskies and the twins who were slaves really stick out to me. Not complaining that you left out bellaquis. The Red room scene... Yikes. 😶

I distinctly remember Shadow travelling to Iceland at the end. Maybe that was one of the details Gaiman changed?

I love anything Gaiman does. He's my favorite living writer, and was good friend to Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, who tie for my favorite past-tense writers.

I found it quite comfortable to be in Shadow's head. He's a gentle giant who is misunderstood by a lot of people he comes across, but it makes it all the more rewarding to read when he comes across someone he can have a profound conversation with / find some comfort / recognise some commonalities. He's a lonely figure, which I felt was even more pronounced than his sadness, and to know that if he was not the POV character, I would have never known what was on his mind was one of the things that made this book an intriguing and emotional reading experience for me.

The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for Wednesday is "Onsdag", which is the modernized version of "Odins day". I didn't know the English word came from Odin too. I've been considering giving this book a go for a while now... The English version isn't on Audible and my German is *not* good enough for regular books. Maybe I should just add the physical book to my wishlist, for when someone insists on giving me gifts.

I didn't know much about Norse Mythology back when I first read American Gods and to be told who Shadow was supposed to be is just the greatest revelation in this video imo

So i listened to this book on audible which is a full cast but the narration is done by Gaiman. The interesting part is he has a foreword describing the book as a almost indiscernible in genre as it was put up for a Sci-Fi lit award, a Horror award and a Fantasy award. It really codifies how hard the book is to pin down in its influences and not only that he mentions that the book is intentionally meandering because a person's lif is not just an A-z linear trip. I found myself bored at time in the middle section but in retrospect its some of the most interesting parts of the book because it's shadow kind of finding a happy life and having just a story to himself in the world. Its like Volume 2 of sandman a nice little vignette in the middle. Also heads up the full cast audio version has a major spoiler in it, Lowkey Liesmith and Mr. World clearly have the same performer and so the Loki twist is straight up revelaled by the audio way before its supposed to. Also as a fairly devout follower of the Christian faith I liked the Jesus deleted scene (in the version i read) and thought the part with Easter and the Jesus' in the show was great. Also Gaiman calling out the hijacking the catholic church did of the equinox festival was great and very educational about where the bunny thing came from, lol

Hearing Hinzelmann called Hershel through me for a loop ngl, but it makes sense. I just hit the Lakeside part of the story (I don't care about spoilers so I loved hearing Dom's opinion on it). Great work as always and can't wait to see the Lost in Adaptation! Edit: In my copy he's called Richie Hinzelmann

I love how trying to describe this book makes it sound utterly bonkers and possibly nonsensical! 😂 I told a myth-obsessed friend to read it and a week later he called asking me to put him out of his misery because it took him WAY TOO LONG to realize Wednesday was Odin, and he was about to die of embarrassment. Then he went to the House on the Rock and sent me a postcard. Good times.

It was also my first gaiman book and i was overwhelmed by the story, the characters and the feeling. Made me aware of many gods that are invisible in the french littérature. I found hilarious that gaiman downgraded house on the rock to make sure that its not invaded by fans.

One of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. He is very interactive on social media. I had an interaction with him after I cussed out someone who was on his Twitter account spewing anti-semetism. I got to tell him how much I love his work and how much books like Anancy Boys mean to me as a British born Caribbean American.

Mr. Wednesday may be the most brilliantly obvious foreshadowing I have ever come across. It’s a dead giveaway, but at the same time brilliantly setup - obvious if you know the story or Germanic culture, but otherwise surprising. Love it.

Gaiman is my favorite author and I even got an American Gods t-shirt as a Christmas present one year. I've personally read the author's preferred text version of the book along with all three volumes of the comic adaptation so I can't attest to what the original version of the novel was like. Not to mention that whenever I looked into the changes made in the show along with its behind-the-scenes troubles I figured that it wasn't worth my time, but because I haven't watched it I can't say that I truly have a whole opinion regarding it.

Okay, Mr. Hump Day is the best nickname for Odin EVER! 😆

The idea that gods exist and derive their power from human belief in them is an important aspect of Japanese shintoism. There are all sorts of artifacts and items whose devine elevation is due to their worship by humans. This isn't true of all Japanese deities, but it's something you'll come across frequently in Japanese culture. Anime with Shinto-based themes and plot elements like Natsume's Book of Friends make constant reference to the divinity of mundane yet important daily objects. Just like in American Gods, as their worship and importance diminishes, the belief is that so do these gods, though lingering hints of them may remain. It's one of my favorite things about Japanese culture.

Being the only among my friends to actually relate to Shadow has been one of my waking up calls about the necessity of going to therapy for my depression lmao. More seriously, Shadow is one of the few example I can think of of a depressed, yet functional individual, which is way more common that it seems. Depression tends to incapacitate characters in most stories or to lean into the dysfunction for (often well-made, I'm not complaining) drama.

This really just makes me want a Dominic and Overly Sarcastic crossover.

I love how shadow talks down the war. God I love Shadow so much just, hugs and squeezes and cries over this book a thousand times over

Iirc I’ve heard that the ‘warm beer’ thing stems from British beer being ‘room temperature’, but the room in question is a cold underground cellar, so it’s room temp for the cellar, not room temp for the bar/pub, but people don’t realise that and mistakingly think it’s the ambient temp of where it’s being drunk.

Shadow’s European vacation short stories make him a little less Sad, but he still seems to be someone who tries to have agency but stuff gets in his way. Always hoped the short stories and Nancy boys could have been turned into a bonus season of the show and that possibly getting Neil to at least write/release the story where Shadow heads home. Since the sequel sequel may not be a thing to expect even if it gets referenced once in a while as a possible thing

I can't say how much the "Take care. Your boy worries" at the end meant to me. It's very sweet and kind of you to always been thinking of and concerned for your watchers. It's little things like that that show how much you support us as much as we support you, even through entirely different ways. It's been a rough month so that genuinely brought me to tears. You're a wonderful human, Dominic.

American Gods is my absolute favorite Gaiman book and has been for a long time. It's truly a love letter to the Midwest - Gaiman lived in Minnesota for many years, so even though he didn't grow up here it's not like he's a stranger to the region. He even mentions the tiny town where I went to college (population 8000). The guy clearly loves the Midwest as much as he loves Norse mythology.

Great summation, but rather disappointed you didn’t talk about Bilquis. She was the only Black goddess and one of my favorites. (Also that scene in the show-you know the one-was mind-blowing and the most creative of the entire show lol) Also, love your nail polish. That’s how I wear it: different color for each hand That Il Neige song 👍🏿

One of my favorite books by Gaiman. I especially love when all the "old-new" gods show up, like the god of trains or the one of muscle cars, lol! A really fun book!

This is hands down my absolute number 1 favorite novel of all time. So much poetic richness and complexity

Aw man was not expecting that vary last bit from Domto get me: "take care of yourselves, ya Boi worries" Thank you Dom

I read the book years ago and listening to the summery it's like I never did! Oddly enough it's the little details and side story-gods that stuck to my mind. A good book.

Spoilers Being really baldur explains alot of Shadows powers and abilities. Baldur is a spring god, which explains why: he accurately predicts when the car will sink (first day of spring), why the spring goddess has the hots for him and the weather changing powers. Baldur was also universally loved (excl. Loki) which makes him handy in recruiting gods. It also means odin sacrificed his son for more power.

When I first read this I was so excited to have a name sake in a book for once and he never got a break. I was like you know what, relatable.

I read the book years ago. I remember it being a slow burn. It didn't call me to read all day as some books do, but once I got into it again it was difficult to put down. Cool vibes. Also loved the way the truth(s) were revealed at the end, Gaiman is such an intricate plotter. So, will you be talking about the Sandman soon as well? I just watched the series, it's incredible. Highly recommend, if you haven't checked it out yet

I never finished the novel, so I don't know anything about the Thor suicide thing, but it's interesting to think how the Marvel Thor would affect the the manifestation of Thor in a modern world. The MCU version is probably the most well-known version in the world. Comic book fandom and movie fandom are probably big enough to sustain something akin to Media, or maybe popular fictional characters are godlike in and of themselves. Either way, would a Marvel Thor be an aspect of Thor, or a different entity that spawned independently? Hercules could have manifested in the 60s with all those Italian films.

I absolutely love Neil Gaiman and have read a LOT of his books. American Gods was not the best for me, in the middle I got a little lost and disinterested, but read on for the payback at the end. The TV series... I enjoyed so much!! But only the first season, and made a point of watching an unofficial companion analysis after each one (Easter eggs, explanations about phrases or less known gods and events...). Sadly, the series lost me on the first episode of the second season :( Can't wait for the next video The Dom :)

This plot summary not once mentioning Samantha only further reinforces her as my biggest problem with the book. Specifically turning her into an implied love interest at the end out of nowhere. That needed a tad more development.

This was my second Gaiman book my library had. My first was Neverwhere(and my favorite btw). AG was neat and fun with the little myth shorts in between the main plot. I just gotta read Anansi Boys next.

The concept reminds me of A Modern Magician, where gods and other beings are brought into existence by belief but the more powerful ones can only be truly destroyed by disbelief, although chaos beings can be destroyed by throwing objects of order such as a compact disk at them.

I love Neil Gaiman so much, he is such a gem

Cairo, IL is actually pronounced like "kay-roe." I know. I think it was started by pioneers who read the name in a book without knowing how it was pronounced and it just sorta stuck. We have a lot of towns in Southern Illinois named after other cities but pronounced very differently. Like Vienna, IL, which is actually pronounced like "vie-en-a."

I loved the book. I listened to the audiobook after the audible Sandman hooked me on Gaiman and it was enough to make a lifelong fan out of me. I also felt super validated, when I learned that Gaiman also jumps on a trampoline, when he needs to think about his writing. There is no better place to think about stories than in the air between jumps and you are always in motion to keep your body busy.

I'm actually in the middle of listening to the audio book right now,really looking forward to the Lost in Adaptation episode

Major props for explaining the plot so well. Every time I've tried to explain any Gaiman novel to a friend, I end up sounding as though I've consumed an unholy amount of hallucinogens.

The book was supposed to be written in first person perspective, and Gaiman did an entire first chapter as such. But he found that when Shadow finds out about Laura’s death, he becomes so closed off emotionally and becomes so passive that the POV had to change to a third person style. Though I think some of how Gaiman thinks went into shadow more than you’d think, given how vivid and writerly Shadow thinks - like when he summons snow and is imagining of things. As a writer it’s cool but wish it would have gone somewhere like Shadow being a journaler or starting to write in the epilogue

I felt so targeted by the worries line cause the day this came out I stressed myself into sickness. Gods that just felt so weirdly nice to hear after that when no one in my real life showed any worry, even if it wasn't directly to me it still felt really nice. Thanks Dominic-

Okay so American gods sounds really interesting and I’m a big mythology nerd so I’m 100% going to read it, but I cannot get over the fact that Dominic is ALSO a fan of OSP!! I love these guys so much!! It’s so cool to me whenever a creator I like, enjoys another creator I like! I was literally talking about the mistletoe story about Loki last night to a friend of mine because I had been rewatching reds videos on gods and what their historical context is! Perfect timing for this video to post lol especially since I’ve also been contemplating reading American gods and small gods, what better push than your favorite book and film reviewer bringing them up and your favorite mythology/history channel in the same vid? Thanks Dominic for the awesome content as always, and good to see a fellow mythology nerd lol

Everyone (including me) watching this video: Gaiman is awesome! Also me watching this video: I want that LeGuin shirt!

I can't believe you called House on the Rock "an insignificant tourist trap in the middle of nowhere"

I think Dom just gave me a small moment of self-realisation when he explained why Shadow was hard to "get in the head of" because I was so in Shadow's head when I read AG. Thanks Dom!👍

I remember reading it upon its initial release; still have the hardcover copy on my bookshelf too. I had the same reaction to trying to get into Shadow's head. It was just very depressing, but I still felt bad for the guy. It also helped, by comparison, make so many of the gods that showed up very entertaining by just the amount of personality they had... even those that themselves were battling some form of depression.

YES! Love the book, and you waffle on the passion is great to be shared. I also write a serial about a marriage counselor to the gods. And American Gods is absolutely a comp title

This may be one of my favorite books of all time. I’ve always been a huge mythology nut and this story approached the concepts of myths and the religion and worship that come with them in a way I’d never seen before. On a Re-read I did recently, I also appreciated the motif of cons, deception and sleights of hand a little more and how they play into the story about being Wednesday/Odin’s “long con” to gain ultimate power via a sacrifice of gods. I also loved the whole road-trip structure of the plot for the most of it and the fact that Neil actually took a road trip on the route he planned for shadow makes it even better.

That shirt... LeMetal! 🖤🤘

i'm norwegian, and i find it funny you mentioned the wednesday thing, because in norway it's called 'onsdag', which is pretty close to odins dag, dag meaning day

I literally just finished the 10-year-jubilee version of this book yesterday

Hearing you summarizing makes me want to read the book for the sixth or so time, although I've done so last year 🥰

its rare to see a video about a book ive actually read, let alone one i loved as much as american gods :) it was a strange journey, shadow was a very unusual protagonist and there was this aura of weirdness about it. i read it as a teenager. neil gaiman is a treasure for sure.

I was debating this as my next read! Now I'm that much more excited for it! Also, OSP is amazeballs! #tropetalks

I really need to read American Gods

My second favorite Neil gaiman work I got the annotated edition

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for leaving Bilquis out >.< That bit with the frozen lake and the disappearing kids can be its own miniseries. I remember remembering that story and not remembering it's from American Gods until I re-read the anniversary edition. About Shadow as a protagonist - by the time I read American Gods, I was getting used to Gaiman's novels being about this totally normal guy entering a magical world and serving as a vessel for the reader to experience that world and then finding out he's been actually part of this world all along, so I didn't much care about him but also didn't care that I didn't care.

Happy Rush Ha’Shana, and may your beer always be chilled and delicious! Also, thank you for doing another episode on one of my favorite authors

I had no idea Gaiman had different versions of this book! I'm excited to read them and see the differences.

Never read the series, but even with the spoilers, it sounds amazing. Added to my reading list for October! Also, shout out to Il Neige! The end credit song of American Gods/American Boy is just perfect 👌🏽

Reading from the age of four isn’t that unbelievable-I learned at that age by watching my grandfather trace with his fingers while he read to me. I would imagine Neil Gaimen started reading in a similar way.

Dominic: being an entertainer, informative reviewer, and all-around cool guy Dominic: mentions OSP being a favorite channel Me:.................... I already liked you......... this is excessive. (Great job as always!)

American Gods is one of my favorite books of all time, and since Gaiman is one of my favorite writers, very high up there. I'm so happy to hear your perspective on the book. I can't wait to hear your review of the series. Keep up the good work!

Aaah I'm so excited I've been waiting for this!!

I saw the TV show American Gods before I went and bought a special edition of the book and then proceeded to read the entirety of it over the course of about a week . I love that book and I'm probably going to do another reread of it sometime in the near future thanks to this video.

I love this book so much, I found it because of this channel. After I read Good Omens at your behest I went looking for more similar books and found this because Gaiman wrote it.

“Suckier than one might expect” we see what you did there Dom, never stop….

Nearly laughed out loud when the American Boy parody started playing at the end. Loved the video! Also this is less relevant but I love that you put out this video like a month after Kingdom Hearts' Baldr killed 11 people in a category 4 poor little meow meow moment. Thematic consistency /j