I have slightly mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved the concept...but got a bit bogged down in the narrative. This was the conversation I had with the book: A storm is coming....really...when...now?...not yet...oh, wait...it's over...but someone missed out the climax! 
 I think this might have been better served as a series of short stories, some of which featured Shadow. I really liked the 'Coming to America' pieces but I could have done without some of the mundane moments, when it seemed like the characters were just hanging around. 
 One of my favourite ideas was that roadside attractions were special places where people felt compelled to place the biggest ball of twine, for example. I didn't like that the random government agency was involved. Since they/it didn't personify a god, they just got in the way. 
 All in all, I liked it.