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Oh, this was fine. But I think I'm done with Neil Gaiman. He's so... Gaiman-y. Every single one of his books has effectively the same plot and sequences of events. Also, his grasp of his characters' voices is tenuous at best. Most people sound very similar. This particularly annoyed me in the case of Richard, who does not speak English like a Scottish person even slightly. In the first chapter, he has a conversation with a few different supposedly Scottish people and not one of them phrases anyt
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I liked this. But for some reason I feel like I expected to like it more...
Maybe I would have liked it more if I read it myself, though the audio was well done so I'm not sure it would have made a difference. Or maybe I was not in the mood for this type of humour when I was reading it.
It has been a while since I read anything by Gaiman, and I seem to remember really enjoying it.
But all in all it is a good read, he writes really well and the characters are good. (though Richard was slightly annoy ...more
Maybe I would have liked it more if I read it myself, though the audio was well done so I'm not sure it would have made a difference. Or maybe I was not in the mood for this type of humour when I was reading it.
It has been a while since I read anything by Gaiman, and I seem to remember really enjoying it.
But all in all it is a good read, he writes really well and the characters are good. (though Richard was slightly annoy ...more
Fascinating concept, loads of imagination, lots of wonderful ideas, good writing, some vaguely amusing lines, a plot ... everything that needs to be there was there.
Except that it just didn't work for me. It was slightly better than The Graveyard Book, but I had the same problems with this one - I just didn't care for any of the characters. Whether they died or lived or achieved their aims... Couldn't care less. *shrugs*
Also, I'm starting to realise I really do have a deep dislike for books wit ...more
Except that it just didn't work for me. It was slightly better than The Graveyard Book, but I had the same problems with this one - I just didn't care for any of the characters. Whether they died or lived or achieved their aims... Couldn't care less. *shrugs*
Also, I'm starting to realise I really do have a deep dislike for books wit ...more
Apr 10, 2009
tiff
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2008,
sci-fi-horror-fantasy
I really really loved this book. The darkness of the "fairytale" was well written and in a sci-fi sort of way, believable. I was drawn to Door as a character, not so much Richard, though. I did feel bad for him but that's about it. He seemed like the sniveling type. I liked him just a little bit, not as much as I had liked to. On the whole, I thought this was a great book- I don't read much sci-fi, but I will read Gaiman. Loved this book. Didn't want to put it down.
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Oct 30, 2010
Zoe Rider
marked it as unread-library
Sep 24, 2011
Huma
marked it as to-read
Oct 30, 2011
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2013
Nyssa
marked it as wishlist
Jun 17, 2013
Kat
marked it as to-read
Jun 24, 2013
Lisa
marked it as to-read
Aug 22, 2013
astrangerhere
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
modern-literature,
reccomendation,
fantasy,
award-winner,
audio,
read-in-2013,
read-in-2021
Jan 16, 2014
Caroline
marked it as to-read
