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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

Start date: October 15, 2013

Finish date: October 31, 2013

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Jun 10, 2014 Paula rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: absolutely-loved, magical-realism, died-and-gone-to-book-heaven

Oh how I love strange fruit! In this piece of work, Neil is a master of imagery, the unexpected and the amazing. Magical realism always tickles my fancy, and this one did not disappoint.
I was truly transported to another world and had an easy time stretching my imagination to ride along in the fantasy world of a 7 year old boy befriended by 11 year old Lettie Hempstock after a strange suicide near her family farm.
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Mar 11, 2014 Joyce rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club-choice

Having enjoyed both American Gods and The Graveyard Book, I expected good things from The Ocean at the End of the Lane and was not disappointed. I am quite sure this tale deserves a second read because it is almost as deep as the ocean described. It is about loss, about mistakes, about overcoming trauma and a reminder of how the world looks from the eyes of a 7-year-old exposed to things he is too young to understand. In a word: enchanting.

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