alannabarras 's review for:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

5.0

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I love Neil Gaiman's writing. It consistently hits the sweet spot between 'excellent creepy fantasy story' and 'I totally believe this could have actually happened'. His characters always feel so real it seems more like I'm reading memoirs than fantasy stories, and this book is no exception. I particularly liked the twist of having the adult character remembering the story from his youth, as it gave Gaiman the chance to have several 'layered' scenes, where he could tell it from a child's perspective with the adult in the background pointing out what he realized about those moments after the fact.