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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

19 reviews

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This is by far the best book I have ever read.
And even if it wasn't, there was a

black kitten called Ocean

that would still make me love this book.
I have no words to describe how much this resonated with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, and Excrement

jolineliest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident

preciousnoodle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

akirma's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying and Blood

bellebeaumont95's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death and Car accident

Minor: Child death and Grief

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

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I have complicated feelings with this book, mainly because as I was reading it, I found it hard to understand what was happening and play it all out in my head. However, reading the conversation with Neil Gaiman that was in the end of my edition, allowed some things to make sense to me. It is a very personal book for Gaiman and I understood this a lot more when reading that part of the book. 

It did take me a while to get into the book but it did start to get interesting about half way through and I was intrigued to see how it would end. I think the fact that it was told from a child's perspective also made some experiences seem more real to me and did add depth to the book. I think it made me empathise with our MC more. 

One thing that I would disagree with a lot of reviews though, is that they said the writing was lyrical, and this didn't really ring true for me, personally. I think the writing was good at getting us into the mind of the main character, but I wouldn't say it was as lyrical as I had hoped. I also thought the plot was just a little strange in places and didn't flow well in parts, but that could just be personal preference also. 

I don't personally think this is Gaiman's best, but I still enjoyed many elements of the book all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

cameron_cassidy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Car accident

thecasualbooknerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Neil Gaiman’s writing continues to be *chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Torture, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror and Infidelity