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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

Neil Gaiman

Start date: February 1, 2024

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Oct 09, 2008 Jessica rated it liked it

This is the first novel by Neil Gaiman that I have read. I thought the idea of the story - that of an alternate London underneath - was very original and interesting. I found the book really fun and interesting up until the bit where they started wandering around. It just didn't seem that after that the book really went anywhere. I had a hard time picturing what was going on, and some of the characters seemed poorly developed.

On the other hand, the book had a healthy dose of humor, which is alwa ...more

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Dec 20, 2013 Mirliz rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: standalone, fiction, urban-fantasy

I had thought for a long time that I should read something by Neil Gaiman. This was the first one I read, and sadly I was a bit disappointed. I liked the general idea of the story, the idea of another world in the London Underground. But for some reason, the story never really caught me, as well as the characters.

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