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A review by bill_wehrmacher
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
5.0
This is the second time I've read The Ocean At The End Of The Lane. I must have been asleep or something the last time as I gave it but three stars.
The story begins with a seven-year-old "first-person" character (perhaps Neil Gaiman) meets Lettie Hempstock following the theft of his family's car and the suicide death of the thief. Eleven-year-old Lettie Hempsted happens to be watching the police hover around the car and volunteers to take him to her home to keep him out of the way. This is the end of a normal sort of story.
Lettie, her mother, Mrs. Hempsted, and grandmother, Old Mrs. Hempsted live on a nearby farm. There are no men there. "What do we need men for? We do the work twice as fast and five times as well." The story is full of funny little insights into the world, which added considerably to the humor of the story. But, there is considerable suspense. I won't say any more about the story and leave it to the reader, but rest assured, it is a page-turner.
I can't encourage you enough to get a copy of the book and read it. It won't take long. My version is only 178 pages long and I nearly didn't put it down to sleep.
The story begins with a seven-year-old "first-person" character (perhaps Neil Gaiman) meets Lettie Hempstock following the theft of his family's car and the suicide death of the thief. Eleven-year-old Lettie Hempsted happens to be watching the police hover around the car and volunteers to take him to her home to keep him out of the way. This is the end of a normal sort of story.
Lettie, her mother, Mrs. Hempsted, and grandmother, Old Mrs. Hempsted live on a nearby farm. There are no men there. "What do we need men for? We do the work twice as fast and five times as well." The story is full of funny little insights into the world, which added considerably to the humor of the story. But, there is considerable suspense. I won't say any more about the story and leave it to the reader, but rest assured, it is a page-turner.
I can't encourage you enough to get a copy of the book and read it. It won't take long. My version is only 178 pages long and I nearly didn't put it down to sleep.