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This is like an awesome grown-up version of The Graveyard Book, only more awesomer. Here we follow poor unsuspecting Richard as he finds himself embroilled in something far beyond his comprehension and beliefs after trying to help a young girl he comes across bleeding on the street, much to the annoyance of his fiance. Here we find ourselves in London Below, a whole society all of its own, that is both separate from and part of London Above (the London most of us inhabit...were we London folk).
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Unlike The Graveyard Book, which was the first Neil Gaiman book that I read, this one sucked me right in. By the end of the first ten pages, I already had several favorite quotes that I had read out loud to my sister and son. I fell in love with the way Neil Gaiman turns a phrase. Some of the examples of my favorite sentences are:
He told Richard that if he, Lord Rat-speaker, ever saw him, Richard, again, that he, Richard, would be in a great deal of trouble.
Ruislip, the Fop's opponent, resemble ...more
He told Richard that if he, Lord Rat-speaker, ever saw him, Richard, again, that he, Richard, would be in a great deal of trouble.
Ruislip, the Fop's opponent, resemble ...more
I found this book slow to start. I actually listened to the audiobook which was read by Neil Gaiman himself and I found it took me a little while to get used to his style of reading. I do like his voice though, and it felt authentic listening to the book as read by the author. But I was at least a third of the way in before the book really started to grab me. Richard just felt like a non-character for much of the book. But I loved how Gaiman had used names of London Tube Stations and realised th
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It was a fascinating dark (literally) underworld. Set in London, a very old city with lots of history as its background and its own urban myths, it's almost believable (to a certain degree). As interesting as I found the story itself, I just can't give it more than 3.5 stars. To me, it's above average but as it doesn't truly appeal to my emotions, I can't say that I love the story; some interesting & 'funny' characters tho. I walk past an average of 2 homeless persons / beggars each time I walk
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