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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
My first Neil Gaiman novel and I expected it to be a bit weird but wow it was weird! Weird but great, the story was so magical, hebhas crazy imagine. There was alot left untold which left me wanting more.
I have just come out of the Ocean and I am content and changed forever.
Lovely peculiar and strange and hauntingly creepy. The writing so powerful I thought my childhood nightmares would soak into me forever.
And yet here I am at the end and I feel a cautious optimism.
I did notice a peculiar (there's that word again) parallel with the New Testament. But with less Christian guilt and more natural wonder.
Wonder. Peculiar. Magical. Haunting. Is that not just what Gaiman is?
Lovely peculiar and strange and hauntingly creepy. The writing so powerful I thought my childhood nightmares would soak into me forever.
And yet here I am at the end and I feel a cautious optimism.
I did notice a peculiar (there's that word again) parallel with the New Testament. But with less Christian guilt and more natural wonder.
Wonder. Peculiar. Magical. Haunting. Is that not just what Gaiman is?
Just ok. Quick read, but definitely a little out there.
2.5 stars really. This book went back and forth between "okay" and "like". I was ready to love it but I just couldn't. Which is not to say that it is a bad book or poorly written, it's just that for me, personally, I didn't enjoy it.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As usual, Neil evokes emotion and environment so well, I'm not quite sure what to write to endorse it but it should be endorsed and by better writers than.... well you get the drift.
It reminded me a bit of Neverwhere & American Gods combined.
I felt like he was fully embracing something and throwing it all out there on the page. I just want more.
It reminded me a bit of Neverwhere & American Gods combined.
I felt like he was fully embracing something and throwing it all out there on the page. I just want more.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Blood
Ehhh... I'm not a Gaiman fan. Never have been, and this book didn't change my mind. I don't want to read another book by him again. Not my style....I just wanted it to end. (But I could see through my pain how fans of his style might appreciate this story and this book... That's why I am giving it 2 stars and not just 1). I have tried to read his books in the past and have never been able to "get into" them enough to finish--I'm giving up on Gaiman after reading this one.
What a magical story! I stalled a little bit at the first 1/3 of the book but when I picked it back up I couldn't stop. I wanted to learn more of Lettie Hempstock's world and indulged in Gaiman's fantastical illustration of the dreamscapes of childhood. There's a part of me that wants a logical explanation behind the magic of the Hempstocks but an even bigger part wants to simply accept things as is.. But then the epilogue makes me sad quite a bit. Sad in the knowledge that as adults we all lose a bit of magic. Some more than others, perhaps but we all lose it at some point, don't we? Sigh..