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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I'm a big Gaiman fan and always pleased to have a new Gaiman book to read. This one was fun (with the usual sharp edge of a child or two in mortal danger). The menacing figure was complex in a satisfying way and the protagonist, boy and man, someone to cheer for. My only dissatisfaction was that it is a bit thin - literally. I ordered a signed hardback copy and when it arrived, happy as I was for the signature, I was a little disappointed to see it was more like a plumped out novella than a proper novel.

Since we are talking about a writer with a significant body of work it's hard to resist putting this somewhere on the Gaiman quality scale so I won't - resist, that is. I would say not as good as The Graveyard Book, which is still my Gaiman favorite, or Neverwhere. Still, I wouldn't have missed it and I'm glad that I didn't.



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