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Well, it was as good as everyone's been saying. I loved it. What a great concept. It's got some magic, some bad guys, some monster-y things, a gazillion ghosts, a girl, a cool dude who I'm pretty sure I know what he was, but I'm not saying, a dead witch, and lots of creepy craziness, some of it that made me hold my breath just a little! Read it!
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I don't get all the point and hype of this book.
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“Suppose we pick a name for him, eh?”
Caius Pompeius stepped over and eyed the child. “He looks a little like my proconsul, Marcus. We could call him Marcus.”
Josiah Worthington said, “He looks more like my head gardener, Stebbins. Not that I’m suggesting Stebbins as a name. The man drank like a fish.”
“He looks like my nephew Harry,” said Mother Slaughter…
“He looks like nobody but himself,” said Mrs.Owens, firmly. “He looks like nobody.”
“Then Nobody it is,” said Silas. “Nobody Owens.”
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This book is Neil Gaiman at his best. I loved Stardust but I think this one just became my favorite of his books. I love idea of a book of interconnected short stories (this may not have been Gaiman’s intention but I honestly could have read each of the chapters separately without being lost). I just cannot say enough about this book (at least not without gushing).
“At the best of times his face was unreadable. Now his face was a book written in a language long forgotten, in an alphabet unimagin ...more
“At the best of times his face was unreadable. Now his face was a book written in a language long forgotten, in an alphabet unimagin ...more
I enjoyed this book very much. Gaiman is a master story-teller. This book is marketed to Teen/YA, but I think it is, like many of this niche, very appealing to readers of all ages. It is "scary" in that it deals with death and ghosts, but in a very approachable way.
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Neil Gaiman does it again. This book is so much fun to read. I so enjoyed this book I would recommend it to nearly anyone.
Jan 29, 2009
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