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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
This is the first book by Neil Gaiman I've read and it won't be my last.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane was an interesting story, I don't think it's one I could describe well to people and explain why I enjoyed it. A friend from work suggested the book to me and she had a difficult time describing why I should try it out and why she enjoyed it. So it's just one of those books.
There were passages that brought back memories or "facts" from my childhood, like adults tend to use road ways and pas ...more
The Ocean at the End of the Lane was an interesting story, I don't think it's one I could describe well to people and explain why I enjoyed it. A friend from work suggested the book to me and she had a difficult time describing why I should try it out and why she enjoyed it. So it's just one of those books.
There were passages that brought back memories or "facts" from my childhood, like adults tend to use road ways and pas ...more
I am not sure what happened
Gaiman always tends to write with a lyrical sort of prose, even when describing his more graphic or frightening scenes, and that voice carries through to this short novel. This book reminds me of how fairy tales were always meant to be until the likes of Disney sweetened them and made them more palatable. Old Russian stories of Baba Yaga or the French tale of Bluebeard come to mind. It is that sort of timelessness that reverberated through these pages, of the bubble innocence from childhood bein
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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
Beautifully peculiar...
Nov 26, 2013
Maria
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Sue
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Dec 28, 2015
Nancy
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Sep 11, 2017
Stephanie
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Oct 16, 2018
Elizabeth Stultz
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