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3.5 Stars
I sat here debating whether to give The Ocean at the End of the Lane 3 or 4 Stars, so I split the difference. I clearly didn't love this novel as I did with Gaiman's novel, Neverwhere. But I didn't hate it either. For me there was "something" lacking in The Ocean at the End of the Lane that I can't put my finger on exactly what that something was when reading it. Neil Gaiman is a gifted writer with an amazing imagination. Nor were the somewhat gruesome scenes - (view spoiler) ...more
I sat here debating whether to give The Ocean at the End of the Lane 3 or 4 Stars, so I split the difference. I clearly didn't love this novel as I did with Gaiman's novel, Neverwhere. But I didn't hate it either. For me there was "something" lacking in The Ocean at the End of the Lane that I can't put my finger on exactly what that something was when reading it. Neil Gaiman is a gifted writer with an amazing imagination. Nor were the somewhat gruesome scenes - (view spoiler) ...more
Excellent story!! I read it in one sitting, I just couldn't put it down. I've only read Coraline but I will check out his other books.
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A dark fantasy novel as remembered by a middle-aged man during his life as a seven-year-old. Returning to the area where he grew up for a funeral, he makes a side trip, and in so doing, he remembers everything including the evil that entered the world.
His friend Lettie Hempstock is magical as is her mother Ginnie and her grandmother, and it is his friendship with Lettie that drives his memories.
His friend Lettie Hempstock is magical as is her mother Ginnie and her grandmother, and it is his friendship with Lettie that drives his memories.
This was a very intense read, but I still had a sense of vagueness. I guess I am used to knowing exactly what type of beings I am dealing with in a story, that the fact that it is never really divulged who or what the Hempstocks were didn't sit right with me somehow. Also not knowing the name of the narrator left me a bit disconnected.
Still, those things didn't do much to keep me from being enraptured by the things the nameless boy went through. No one that age should have to endure so much. I ...more
Still, those things didn't do much to keep me from being enraptured by the things the nameless boy went through. No one that age should have to endure so much. I ...more
I am not sure what happened
Aug 09, 2017
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This is my second Gaiman book, and the first that I've finished. I listened on audio, and that really makes a difference, in my opinion. I'm a Gaiman fan, but from the Sandman days. I never made the switch to novels until recently.
In this book, I really like the world building, the description, the characters....I think my issue is that his stuff is just so incredibly weird/esoteric. He is an excellent/fabulous/wonderful writer, he just sometimes loses me along the way with the oddness of his wo ...more
In this book, I really like the world building, the description, the characters....I think my issue is that his stuff is just so incredibly weird/esoteric. He is an excellent/fabulous/wonderful writer, he just sometimes loses me along the way with the oddness of his wo ...more
Nov 08, 2013
Gen
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2014
Jim Townsend
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2014
Delitealex
marked it as to-read
2.5 stars
Jan 14, 2018
Arieanca
marked it as to-read
