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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Every time I read a Neil Gaiman novel I walk away feeling like I have experienced a lesson in profound sadness, joy, adventure, and madness all at once.
This was nothing like what I thought it would be but I am better for having read it.
This was nothing like what I thought it would be but I am better for having read it.
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I can't write a review of a Neil Gaiman novel. They're too magical for me to talk about. I just want to read them and I want other people to read them and I don't want to talk about them. Somehow, I feel like talking about them would make them less magical.
Wonderful, whimsical, and dark. If you enjoyed Coraline, this is a must read.
While I did enjoy this story and found it intriguing, I think I just didn’t really get it. I knew absolutely nothing about it going in, not even the genre, so I had no idea what to expect, and still being new to Neil Gaiman, I couldn’t predict what it would be like. So all that being said, I feel like I was trying to figure out what type of book this was for most of the time. And that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it or find it interesting because I did, but I just think I missed something.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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
This book made me laugh, cry, scream, shudder, and hang on to and snuggle with every wonderful word. This was my second foray into [a:Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg]'s work, and now I can't wait to dive into more.
I can't even talk about it. It's amazing. Yes, it can be viewed as young adult fiction, really, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. As it states in the book, there are no real adults anywhere. There's nothing wrong with horror stories for children; in fact, they can be just as creepy as horror stories for any age.
If you haven't read it, read it, especially if you're a beginner Gaiman reader like myself. Read this, love it, and then move on knowing that his other stories are even more loved than this.
Shush, I can have as many damn .gifs as I want to...
This was my first experience with Neil Gaiman's work and definitely won't be the last. He has such an amazing way with words and this story even though being a short book had so many layers. I loved the narrators love for books and how you never really know his name. Going into this I didn't really know what to expect but it was such an amazing read and I'm glad this was the first book of his that I picked up.
I don't know what to rate this book... 2.5 stars?
At some points it felt like the author was saying things that I thought I was the only one to ever think of... and it felt so magical and nice...
But it took me a really long time to get into the book. I don't know why. It didn't captivate me. And the cloth-like thing was a little confusing to me. I like originality but this was a little too vague and maybe the vagueness is why it made me feel that the book was creepy, not the monster itself. Like, what kind of person imagines a mean cloth-thing that gets into a child's foot or whatever.. o_o What is that supposed to represent? At the same time, though, I liked how it was so weird. I don't know.
And the ocean thing... what was it all about?
The basic plot-line, when you think of it, isn't that original; an evil nanny and some weird mysterious magical women who say all kinds of weird gibberish and in the end the character wonders if it really happened or not.
I dunno. I usually really dislike books that make me feel so ... unable to describe how I feel about them. But yet I think this one deserves some recognition... maybe I should give it another shot one day and then I can write a more complete review.
At some points it felt like the author was saying things that I thought I was the only one to ever think of... and it felt so magical and nice...
But it took me a really long time to get into the book. I don't know why. It didn't captivate me. And the cloth-like thing was a little confusing to me. I like originality but this was a little too vague and maybe the vagueness is why it made me feel that the book was creepy, not the monster itself. Like, what kind of person imagines a mean cloth-thing that gets into a child's foot or whatever.. o_o What is that supposed to represent? At the same time, though, I liked how it was so weird. I don't know.
And the ocean thing... what was it all about?
The basic plot-line, when you think of it, isn't that original; an evil nanny and some weird mysterious magical women who say all kinds of weird gibberish and in the end the character wonders if it really happened or not.
I dunno. I usually really dislike books that make me feel so ... unable to describe how I feel about them. But yet I think this one deserves some recognition... maybe I should give it another shot one day and then I can write a more complete review.