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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

21 reviews

royalty's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Gore, and Gaslighting

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

enabditouri_'s review

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

actualophelia's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

As recommended by squash. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, Child death, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Vomit

julygiu's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death

katiemcgregor's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I feel like I need to stew on this one for a while to fully appreciate it. I love Gaiman's writing style and this one has been on my tbr for literal years, but I'm not sure if I read this one at the right time for me. Only being my second Gaiman book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is quite different from what I've read from him previously, both in genre and content. I admire the versatility that Gainman can deliver.

That being said, this book has a lot to grapple with, and I'm not sure my tired brain can currently take it all. Don't get me wrong, this book was good, but I don't think I'm currently in the right mindset or mood to do a profound mental deep dive into it.

I'm glad to have finally read this one, nevertheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death

linw21's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was incredible and the writing was absolutely marvellous. It definitely has the same vibes as his short stories, which makes sense, cause it started out as one. 
You should definitely check the trigger warnings before reading this book, because it is INTENSE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

harper42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

happylilfaerie's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

I can't really give this a star rating as I don't think I am the intended audience.

The writing itself is beautiful, the setting is magical and the story is captivating. However it drained me of hope and made me quite upset. I look to books to escape and play pretend somewhere more hopeful and happy, this book is not for that, at least not in the way I interpreted it. 

Don't get me wrong it's a very good book, but it's for an older audience who enjoy darker themes and more somber tones. If you are going through a tough spot mentally this might not be the right read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

sparkyflames's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse