Neverwhere (London Below, The World of Neverwhere #1) by Neil Gaiman - Restarting October 10th 2019

[Abby]

Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere.

[Abby]

Chapter 4: (view spoiler)[Did Anesthesia really just die? Unexpected! (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 7: (view spoiler)[I love where he said that the most unbelievable thing was that there was a British Museum stop. Having gotten lost around the British Museum trying to find a nearby Underground station, this had me cracking up! (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 19: (view spoiler)[It's like he woke up from a dream. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Finished: (view spoiler)[Yay! He can go back! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

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Date changed. Restarting October 10th 2019. Happy Reading ☺

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[Eesh]

Chapter 3
(view spoiler)[Wow, Richard is so fucked. The only good thing that's happened to him so far is that he no longer has to marry Jessica. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Chapter 3
(view spoiler)[I know right? Like I do love reading about career oriented women but Jessica is just not okay. Richard's situation is so freaky! It's literally nightmare logic 😱 (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Claire wrote: "Chapter 3
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Though now I'm wondering if her ignoring Door had something to do with how no one seemed to notice Richard after? But then, why did Richard see Door? (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Quirks wrote: "Claire wrote: "Chapter 3
[spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Nah I don't think so, she definitely saw her. I think she thought Door was a drunk and was like "not my problem", especially since she was so focused on making a good impression with her boss and didn't want to be late.

Edit: Ooooh actually I think you're right, she probably only noticed her because Richard kept talking about her, that makes sense. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Chapter 8
(view spoiler)[This book is so freaking weird but I like it! Richard mistaking Hunter for a hooker tho 😂

Poor Anaesthesia, I hope she comes back later in the book! (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Chapter 17
(view spoiler)[Gotta love the ole switcheroo! 😂

Also I must admit that I laughed way to hard at the Marquis' dead body being sold and the quips about him 'being at the market', the way that Neil Gaiman makes really gross and horrifying stuff somehow hilarious is so good! (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Finished!
(view spoiler)[Aw, Anaesthesia didn't come back :<

I had a lot of fun reading this, mostly thanks to the hilarious writing! That final section with Richard realising that he missed London Below was so sad, and I loved that ending!

I wonder if the woman at the end was the same one he spoke to at the start of the book? It specifically mentioned that she had a white umbrella. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Had a really busy few days. Didn't make any progress. But getting back to the book now. Finished chapter 7.
(view spoiler)[There's so much weirdness going on. And for the life of me, I can't see Richard as a main character. He's just so normal! But I'm very interesting to find out where his story will go. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Finished chapter 10
(view spoiler)[I can't seem to pin down Door's age. Were we told how old she is? I though she was like fifteen but then there was the almost kiss? And Richard doesn't seem like the kind of guy who goes around wanting to kiss fifteen-year-olds. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 14
(view spoiler)[I liked Richard more when he was clueless and freaked out. Confident Richard seems like he's gonna be an idiot. (hide spoiler)]