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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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What Members Thought

Carrie
How does one review a piece of literature that grabs on to you can connects with you with out spoiling the experience for others?

Neil Gaiman is nothing but a pure brilliance each time I read something he has written or hear of some thing he has said I am nothing but drawn and in awe. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is just another example of how amazing this mans mind is.

The story takes places mainly as a string of memory, the point of view of a man who needing sometime for himself after a fun
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Melissa
Feb 26, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scififantasy
OMG Ursula is even scarier than the other mother! Or any of the...creatures in Neverwhere
Terre J
Aug 12, 2017 rated it really liked it
Great read, bit of a fairy tale.
Kim
Mar 06, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: finished-in-2014
With the possible exception of Stardust, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is my favorite Gaiman novel of the six I've read. It's fun and engaging and a little creepy but not too far out there, most of the time. I would have given it five stars, but the ending didn't sit well with me. It felt like a bit of a cop out. ...more
Julia
Loved it. Love love love his voice.
Nik
Apr 08, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2019-books
Loved it. Just what I needed.
Andrei Rybin
Aug 08, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 16, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Aug 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Shelves: fantasy, fiction
Christy
Apr 26, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Marta
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