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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

Neil Gaiman

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

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Oct 31, 2013 Michelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, adventure, calibre, 2014, reviewed, fantasy, 2019

Ah, where to start? I'm of two minds about this book. As I progressed through it, I thought, "Yes, I get it. This book is good. I'm enjoying the fantasy world of London Below. Three solid stars." But now, I find myself thinking about the book at odd moments, and I think I will have to upgrade my rating to 4 stars. It's sticking with me. The world building in Neverwhere is top notch.

Average Joe Richard Mayhew, through an act of kindness to a young lady in peril, ends up in London Below, a magical ...more

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Jan 11, 2014 Carol rated it really liked it

Shelves: neil-gaiman

Richard Mayhew is an unassuming young businessman living in London, with a dull job and a pretty but demanding fiancee. Then one night he stumbles across a girl (named Door) bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her--and the life he knows vanishes like smoke. He brings her home, and hours later, she is gone! Richard wakes the next morning realizing that he has been erased from his world. His bank cards no longer work, taxi drivers won't stop for him, his landlord rents his apartment out to ...more

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Feb 27, 2015 Danelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Rarely do I find myself favoriting books. However this has now become one of my favorite books *I have read probably over 2,000 books in my life so far and this book included makes about 25 favorites.* I was easily drawn into the strange world were you have the above *normal reality* and below *kind of an alternate reality*. You have your unlikely...so unlikely its surprising hero. The strange but *well I liked him* Marquise. The heroine Door who isn't really one to be saved but tough in her own ...more

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