Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

132 reviews

nicolinebl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

I don't know what to say other than I adore Neil Gaiman and his writing, and this was yet another fantastic novel by him. The beautiful illustrations from Elise Hurst made it even better, and are very fitting to the story. An element of spookiness, but not too spooky.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Gaslighting

szote's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

bookwormabby54's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Infidelity

reads2cope's review against another edition

1.0

Loved the concepts explored, but the story itself and the characters fell flat. There were some beautiful lines, and the horror scene near the beginning really made me gag, but most the book left me feeling meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

itsjoenna's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

mrnicholas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts

bookthief404's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Creepy, dark, thrilling, addicting. 
I loved how the whole thing was written from the perspective of a small child. I enjoyed realising what was really going on, despite only being told of the events through a child's language. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

would’ve loved to see more cats

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, and Grief

doomluz's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was a beautiful, dark, sad, and creepy story about childhood trauma. I love how Gaiman writes fantasy, childhood, and horror. I almost liked this more than Coraline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content