I made it through more than half of the book waiting for SOMETHING to happen. Nothing did. Shadow, our main character, has lots of small-town adventures that don't tie in with the story itself instead, and the book wastes so much time with these irrelevant side-stories that there is no central story. 
 Shadow is also annoyingly nonchalant. He's involved with the gods, he's meeting gods, gods are approaching him for some reason, and he doesn't think to ask any questions? I know his philosophy is that he's not paid to ask questions, but you'd think he'd at least be curious about what's happening. I wanted to know what was going on, and it annoyed me that Shadow wasn't even curious. Hello, Shadow! This involves YOU! You should at least be interested in what's happening to you! 
 Maybe something happened after I gave up, but the book is so hard to get through because it's chapter after chapter of long-winded nothing, and the story doesn't go anywhere except wander around back roads until Wednesday and Shadow stop at yet another restaurant where they have lunch and another irrelevant monologue (not conversation, since Shadow rarely speaks). 
 Please. Something. Happen!