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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 ...more
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 ...more

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.
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