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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

40 reviews

irinalast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Feelings of wonder and dread; uneasy but charming read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

thebookpaiges's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Suicide

nzmerchant's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

A truly captivating story that had me at the edge of my seat. Such a bittersweet ending. Think I’ll be thinking of this one for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying

gxsobes's review

dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence and Animal death

eddiroll's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

smallish_bird's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book aches from warmth and pain in equal measure. Reading it, I felt like I was a kid again; it's full of love and hope and fear and loss.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Confinement

hannasandmann's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death

rosyhumbug's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.”

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, from the lovely Neil Gaiman, was a breath of fresh air. It has all the whimsy of childhood fantasy, with the melancholy of growing up and growing away from magic. 

If you’re an adult with a hole in your chest, the magic missing, this book is for you. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

literate_liz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

I’ve never read a book that has made me feel so many things. Neil Gaiman poetically describes loneliness, grief, friendship, trust, mistrust, distrust, fear, faith, and so much more in less than 200 pages. 

The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars was a specific bathtub scene that just didn’t seem to fit in my opinion. But other than that, this was a magical read that packed a punch from the first page. Can’t wait to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Violence

brookey8888's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

I’m not going to lie when I bought this book I thought it was a different book. Then when I realized it wasn’t that book I recognized the author so I was like I’ll just read it. That being said I didn’t know this was like magical realism and I don’t really like magical realism. It honestly just confuses me. So I was confused reading this like I understand everything that happened but I don’t know just me and this type of story and the way it was written doesn’t really vibe with me. I did like the women in this and it was interesting but it’s just not gonna be a favorite and I’m sad because a lot of people like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Torture, and Violence