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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

18 reviews

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, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Death, and Infidelity

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

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

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Blood and Bullying

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: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Animal death

Minor: Grief and Child death

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

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: Child abuse and Body horror

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

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: Suicide, Car accident, and Death

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Body horror

oliverreeds's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity