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Fantastic; voice is spot on. Perfectly captures the wonder & fear of childhood, as well as the mystery of what we don't know.
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Many authors should not read their own books. But Neil Gaiman is an exception. Listening to him narrate this tale greatly improved the experience for me, even if we were driving on the dark roads of bitterly cold Iowa while listening. The tale captures wonderfully the fantasy of childhood monsters and fantasies. I wondered throughout whether we are supposed to believe this as a tale of a fantastical, but real, event or a memory of a fantasy made up in the mind of a seven-year-old. It worked for
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Not my kind of book
UPDATE: Less than six months later, I saw this book on my Read shelf and thought, "Hangon, I read that?" It was that forgettable. Seriously, pass on this one.
eh. not great. quick, so at least it was not a great waste of time.
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eh. not great. quick, so at least it was not a great waste of time.
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This was an interesting read and entertaining but I wouldn't rave about it or put it in any top 10 lists.
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Jun 22, 2013
Dana
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Collin
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