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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

Neil Gaiman

Start date: February 1, 2014

Finish date: February 28, 2014

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Mar 19, 2016 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: humor, england, fantasy, read-in-2016, london, pbt-fiction-100, adventure, london-below, angel, assassins

Richard Mayhew stops one day to help a young woman lying injured on a London street. After getting her aid and dealing with some odd people the next day Richard finds that no one in his daily life recognizes him and he has lost his job and apartment. to figure out what is going on Richard must enter the world of London Below. This book was wonderfully inventive. I got sucked into the world Gaiman created. I didn't want the book to end and still want to know what happens next. ...more

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Nov 08, 2013 Lea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

So far, my favorite work by Gaiman.

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Dec 13, 2013 Rebekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-fantasy, genre-young-adult, genre-contemporary, genre-adventure, genre-science-fiction, genre-adult, rating-4, genre-horror, genre-science-fiction-fantasy, genre-fantasy-urban-fantasy

Lovely!! I think Gaiman is such a master at blending fantasy with reality and past legends in a way that is humorous, exciting, thought-provoking, and realistic enough to be slightly off-putting. He creates wonderful, dreamlike works that are a pleasure to read and new worlds that are hard to leave but also familiar. It is obvious Gaiman knows and loves London well and gets its atmosphere perfect in this novel. I also love all of his characters, particularly his powerful female ones, who usually ...more

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Apr 12, 2018 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book held my interest, not so much for the characters (altho there are great villains!) or even the story-line, but the descriptions of the other world and life below the streets of London. An unusual and fun read.

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May 04, 2008 Jessica rated it liked it

Shelves: speculative-fiction, magical-realism

There's nothing wrong with this book, but it didn't live up to my expectations after numerous recommendations - for whatever reason, the story came off somewhat flat to me. ...more

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