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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is a fun example of the "fish out of water goes on a quest" type of fantasy. In this case the fantasy world is London and the points of interest are the stops along the Underground except they're not like what Richard Mayhew expects.
Neverwhereis not a unique fantasy but it is still a fun take on a standard form of fantasy. Gaiman playfully acknowledges the books that have come before his with twisted literary references. My favorite is his gory allusion to Winnie the Po ...more
Neverwhereis not a unique fantasy but it is still a fun take on a standard form of fantasy. Gaiman playfully acknowledges the books that have come before his with twisted literary references. My favorite is his gory allusion to Winnie the Po ...more
simply put, i thought this book was smashing. the characters were fairly well rounded, imperfect, vivid, their personalities ever so distinct. gaiman does an excellent job making both london above, and below, charmingly distasteful.
and maybe i'm getting jaded but this book did not seem that scary. not that i thought it was horror, but i'd been sort of warned... sure, there are painful passages, either physically, emotionally, or visually. but they're almost all, in some way, still beautiful, or ...more
and maybe i'm getting jaded but this book did not seem that scary. not that i thought it was horror, but i'd been sort of warned... sure, there are painful passages, either physically, emotionally, or visually. but they're almost all, in some way, still beautiful, or ...more
Richard has a predictable (rather dull) life, until he sees a girl, Door, on the streets of London who needs help. He stops and takes her to his apartment to help her get cleaned up, and ends up stuck in the crazy world of the London underground. It's a world where magic works and darkness should be feared.
Door is trying to figure out why the rest of her family was killed recently, while trying to evade the men who did the killing. With the help of Richard, she looks for an Angel who is supposed ...more
Door is trying to figure out why the rest of her family was killed recently, while trying to evade the men who did the killing. With the help of Richard, she looks for an Angel who is supposed ...more
holy crap. listening to neil gaiman read the book is a whole other experience. the voices are brilliant.
the story is the "author's preferred text" - there's a lot more in this than there is in the book. although i agree with the edits, it was extremely interesting to get the additional backstory, and i understand better now why gaiman has talked about writing a sequel. ...more
the story is the "author's preferred text" - there's a lot more in this than there is in the book. although i agree with the edits, it was extremely interesting to get the additional backstory, and i understand better now why gaiman has talked about writing a sequel. ...more
Imaginative and dark, Gaiman paints an absolutely fascinating and real world hidden below our own. My one problem with it is that it ends abruptly and with a cliffhanger, yet there are no attempts to tie the story up (a problem I find with many of Gaiman's stories).
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Aug 19, 2007
Dracolibris
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Apr 04, 2008
Terri
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