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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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March 3, 2014

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Elle
Apr 12, 2021 rated it really liked it
4.5 stars. Magical, creepy, and oh so weird. Everything I love about Neil Gaiman's works. Full review to come. ...more
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Desiree M ~*~*~ LiveReadCollect
Jan 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 4-star-reads, family-theme, various-paranormal-creatures, 00-black-covers-00, annoying-hated-relatives, 1st-book-by-author-i-read, fantasy, young-adult, psychics-telepathy, borrowed-from-library
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
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Almeta
Apr 11, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2die4, revue, bump-in-the-night, sai-king-recommends
I decided to re-visit this story in audio, narrated by the author himself. An excellent use of time!
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Athena Macmillan
Dec 09, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: exceeded-expectations, paranormal, dark, fantastic-writing, engaging-plot, fantasy, adventure, fairy-tale, child-s-point-of-view, 2016-reads
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 ...more
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Megan
Apr 19, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ammp-fairytale
4.5 Stars
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Laura
Jul 19, 2014 rated it liked it
Beautifully peculiar...
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Mandi
Dec 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fantasy, libby
Anita Reads
Apr 10, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: standalone, to-read-overdrive
Mauzi
Aug 04, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: counting-stars
Drew Doll
Sep 04, 2014 marked it as tbr-3-5-to-4
Danie
Oct 30, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Gretchen Torres
Mar 07, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: horror, 2018-audio-books
Lee Johnson
Oct 25, 2015 rated it it was ok
Shelves: read-in-2015
Nancy
Dec 28, 2015 marked it as to-read
Sandy
Feb 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Kari
Sep 29, 2016 rated it really liked it
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Stephanie
Sep 11, 2017 marked it as to-read
Cathy Galloway
Nov 03, 2019 rated it really liked it
Elizabeth Stultz
Oct 16, 2018 marked it as to-read
Katie
Nov 02, 2018 marked it as to-read
Steph Ann
Feb 19, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: uno-2019
Cathie
Apr 27, 2019 marked it as to-read
Megan
Oct 24, 2019 marked it as bfl
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