From the Bookshelf of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
3.5
I don't know whether this was an actual adult novel (as promoted) or a novel for young people (though perhaps not quite as young as The Graveyard Book), but I think it is my favorite of his books.
A middle aged man (who I thought at first was quite old, actually, then realized was probably only around 50) has returned to his hometown for a funeral, and wanders until he comes to his childhood home and the important house at the end of the lane. What follows is a dreamy, nightmare-y tale of a shor ...more
A middle aged man (who I thought at first was quite old, actually, then realized was probably only around 50) has returned to his hometown for a funeral, and wanders until he comes to his childhood home and the important house at the end of the lane. What follows is a dreamy, nightmare-y tale of a shor ...more
A bit odd, but at the end I was blown away by all the layers of reality/unreality/perception and how it translated. Giving Tree meets Life of Pi ending meets Dr. Who (thank you, MB - you were exactly right - it would have made a great Dr. Who episode).
Not my absolute favourite of Gaiman's, but still a solid story. I really liked the story, and definitely stayed up late a couple nights to finish it!
...more
horrifying fever myth
Feb 28, 2014
Jess
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
bookclub,
2014-audio
Aug 03, 2014
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Oct 29, 2014
Sara
marked it as to-read
Nov 20, 2017
Natalie
marked it as to-read
Dec 11, 2018
Roman Colombo
marked it as to-read
