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Beth
Nov 24, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy
I liked this book. It reminded me of childhood and it seemed magical. Neil Gaiman is a wonderful story teller. It had a bit of a Tim Burton vibe magical, dark and weird but enjoyable.
Christine
Sep 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing
This book is breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, and glows with feeling, like some sort of pulsing abstraction of childhood. Memory is indeed a funny thing, and this novel plays with the truth that our memories are not really truth at all, but rather a woven tapestry of fact and fiction that we accept wholeheartedly. I, myself, have those memories that dance just out of reach of logic, and this novel captured that idea so perfectly. If we saw our childhood with the cynicism of adulthood, what ...more
Pip
Oct 12, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fantasy-scifi
Tyler Ostergaard
Oct 18, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Ash
Dec 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Stephanie
Dec 05, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Dillon Blacketer
Dec 11, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Dec 22, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Melissa Peters
Jan 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
Nanditha
Feb 03, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Denny Nguyen
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Jessi
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Sam Kenyon
Sep 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Ruth
Nov 02, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Dec 31, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, library
Melissa
Sep 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
Jeanette Reynolds
Nov 03, 2015 marked it as to-read
Alex B
Feb 23, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Molly Krueger
May 12, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Liz
Jan 24, 2019 marked it as to-read
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