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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Aug 25, 2015 J rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: finished-in-2015, audiobooks

I'm not familiar with Neil Gaiman, nor was I aware of what genre this was before I listened to this audiobook. Is this sort of thing par for the course for him? I feel like I should have prepared myself better. This is a very strange, creepy book with no real explanation, and I don't think it's something you can really just hop into without being aware of the genre. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right mindset/mood for it. I don't know.

At any rate, I love that Neil Gaiman himself narrates the aud ...more

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Jan 22, 2016 Ritu rated it it was ok

Shelves: kindle

The ocean at the end of the lane is of a middle aged man's recollection of something that happened at the seventh year of his life which remains as a big influence on who he is .Major part of the story is narrated in a seven year old sensitive child's view of his life where he encounters unnatural things and forms various notions and concepts based on that. Throughout the book I kept wondering if the happenings are real or just a part of the imaginations of a Melancholy child who feels neglecte ...more

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Jan 14, 2017 Crissi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Neil Gaiman is seriously the master of writing. I'd been wanting to read this book for a while, and finally did when my daughter bought it for me. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. My favorite part was how Gaiman would weave forgetfulness into the storyline, making it clear that the main character/narrator was forgetting under some sort of enchantment, where we as the reader were still aware of the truth. This was brilliantly done. It could have been so confusing, but definitely was not. I ...more

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Feb 04, 2019 R J Royer rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The full book is amazing and beautiful. Read it to your kids and let them find out amazing things.

While this excerpt is good almost great even I suggest getting the full book.

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Jan 20, 2014 Chris rated it it was amazing

Gaiman weaves an original urban fantasy tale of a boy facing a battle against a supernatural being, a page turner and deceptively easily written

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Dec 15, 2018 R J Royer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, fantasy, thriller, fiction, sci-fi, paranormal

I borrowed this book from my local library today and sat down and finished it in one sitting. I found myself unable to put it down as I was amazed by how much I was enjoying it.

I am so glad that books like this exist and are available for everyone to read. Character development and design, fear for our young hero and the fact that his memory is as faulty as ours is in real life makes this book one I will go out and buy for myself.

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