Amy’s Comments (group member since Jan 30, 2016)

Amy’s comments from the Return of the Rogue Readers group.

Oh ok thanks!

I choose The Jungle Book since I want to see the movie when it comes out soon.

Garret I dont think the book started out just like that. I think Richard was on his way to dinner with Jess and her boss. Or might have been since he screwed up the reservation lol. Maybe I misunderstood it but it seemed like they were not direct reflections. Its pretty similar and close enough though right? lol

I dont think Richard ever became a great figure in that world but maybe he did. He does know a lot about London Above that most characters dont know. Anesthesia was introduced to london Below as a little kid and she didnt remember much of the above. Richard could be like a guide or something.

Oh! I just saw that you replied too. Sorry Jordan lol!

I see where you both come from about how this world could be in our world just that we don't know how to get there. My family is from Hong Kong and once when I was a little girl we went there to visit. Have you ever heard of the Kowloon Walled City? We never went inside but I saw it from a distance. It's probably as close to a real life London Below as you can get. They might even talk to rats! lol

Danielle to you thin she redeemed herself? I dont think she did. I think she was dying and barely did anything useful even then. One of her last sentences or maybe her last was to make fun of Richard because he killed the beast. Seems like she was just in it for herself and pissed that she failed.

Islington was the great betrayer in this story and I thought it was the Marquis until the moment we learned it was Islington! Even after he died I thought he was still up to something or that Croup and Vandemar killed him because they were tired of taking his orders.

Danielle you make a good point about depth of the characters being more than the book can get into. I would read another book set in this world tomorrow if there was one. I didn't like hunter because she betrayed everyone but I get why you might like her. She was a tough chica!

Mr Croup and Mr Vandemar were super creepy but they worked just right in their roles. Do they show up in any other stories by Neal Gaiman?

Both of you guys listened to the audiobooks? I listened to a sample of it to see how it sounded and he does have a soothing voice. Maybe I will have to break my vow to only read with my eyes not my ears lol.

Hello! Sorry for the late reply! I really enjoyed this book. It was my first Neil Gaiman book and I thought it was cool! It feels like this book could have been written in the last 10 years when all of the YA supernatural books were big but I saw that it's actually almost as old as me.

I liked Door the most because she had cool powers but didnt seem broken or too strong. Hunter was cool and she would have been my favorite but she turned out to be a bitch and thats not cool in my book lol.

Jordan, I agree about the Marquis de Carabas being interesting and the quote about Puss in Boots is funny!

My version is also the Preferred Version.

Hello! My coworkers told me about Goodreads and while browsing the site I found your club. I actually just read this book over the summer! Am I still allowed to participate? lol

I read this book because I loved the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and I thought this was a novelization of one. I was wrong! lol It was a good surprise though and I am happy to have read it.

Do you guys usually do audiobooks for this club? I have never listened to one.