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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
I need to go back and read this book again. I like that a lot is left to the reader to interpret, so reading it once just wasn't enough. Neil Gaiman has an incredible imagination and I can't wait to read what else he has up his sleeve!
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
نيل جايمان شكله هيبقى اول اهم اكتشافات السنة , رواية بديعة !!
Four and a half stars. Four and three quarters. It's *just* a smidge too choppy for all five (from me) but I seriously LOVED this book with all my heart. Gorgeous, haunting, stuck in my head. What more can you ask for?
I don't think magical realism is my kind of genre. I got pretty lost on what really happened, what didn't happen, what happened that was a complete 180 from a minute ago. That being said, it was entertaining, just not something I would read often.
It seems to me that Neil Gaiman is an acquired taste, one of which many have acquired.
I'm always a little back and forth about him.
The problem is that some authors only have a story to tell, but it doesn't necessarily make them a good writer just to have the story. Gaiman is both a storyteller and a writer. Every line comes across as pure magic. And for that reason, I hold him to a much higher standard than some novice wannabe.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is pure whimsy. It is childhood as seen through the eyes of a child (or a very child-like adult) - unfiltered observation and wonder.
Lettie shrugged. "Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. You don't. I don't. People are much more complicated than that. It's true of everybody."
There's no denying this. And as much as I like to think that if I looked on the outside like all the things I am and all the things I feel on the inside, I'd look like a Monet...the truth is I'd be much more of a Picasso (totally f'ed up but kind of cool?).
As I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more nostalgic. I'm nostalgic to a point where it becomes severely and sometimes cripplingly depressing. I think this may be why I liked this book so much.
We went into my house through the front door. It was not locked - unless we went away on holidays I do not ever remember it being locked - and we went inside.
I didn't have locked doors until I was twenty-five. This seemingly small reminder of my childhood - a combination of the time and the place - took my breath away.
And just one more quote - just for the pure perfection of it.
Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.
Don't give up on Gaiman. Trust the hype surrounding him. You can't just cannonball in and expect to love him. Take the corner stairs - step by step by step. Line by line by line.
I'm always a little back and forth about him.
The problem is that some authors only have a story to tell, but it doesn't necessarily make them a good writer just to have the story. Gaiman is both a storyteller and a writer. Every line comes across as pure magic. And for that reason, I hold him to a much higher standard than some novice wannabe.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is pure whimsy. It is childhood as seen through the eyes of a child (or a very child-like adult) - unfiltered observation and wonder.
Lettie shrugged. "Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. You don't. I don't. People are much more complicated than that. It's true of everybody."
There's no denying this. And as much as I like to think that if I looked on the outside like all the things I am and all the things I feel on the inside, I'd look like a Monet...the truth is I'd be much more of a Picasso (totally f'ed up but kind of cool?).
As I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more nostalgic. I'm nostalgic to a point where it becomes severely and sometimes cripplingly depressing. I think this may be why I liked this book so much.
We went into my house through the front door. It was not locked - unless we went away on holidays I do not ever remember it being locked - and we went inside.
I didn't have locked doors until I was twenty-five. This seemingly small reminder of my childhood - a combination of the time and the place - took my breath away.
And just one more quote - just for the pure perfection of it.
Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.
Don't give up on Gaiman. Trust the hype surrounding him. You can't just cannonball in and expect to love him. Take the corner stairs - step by step by step. Line by line by line.
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
My first Gaiman novel! I really enjoyed it, thought it would be a little annoying to have a 7 y.o. as a protagonist, but it was really good!