kyuk916 's review for:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

4.0

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Fantastical, mysterious, and a fun world to explore. The main characters story told through the viewpoint of his childhood self, masked some of the darker themes in his innocence and ignorance. The whole story is sort of tinged with the question of whether it really happened as told or whether it was a child's mechanism to cope with some trauma. Either way I found the Hemstocks to be so appealing and their brand of magic was compelling as well.