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A review by nicole_bookmarked
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
While I didn't enjoy American Gods (I know, I know, it's his most-read and most-loved, but wasn't for me), I loved Stardust, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Art Matters, and Neverwhere is my favorite thus far.
Richard Mayhew is leading a normal life in London when he meets and helps a bleeding woman he finds on the sidewalk. This woman's name is Lady Door, and she leads him into the "London Below," forever changing his life.
The underground world or "Neverwhere" is where people who have fallen through the cracks end up - including The Marquis de Carabas, the Angel Islington, the female bodyguard called "Hunter," the Rat-Speakers, and a whole cast of bizarre and colorful characters.
Door is on a mission to learn the cause of her family's slaughter and avenge their deaths. Richard is on a mission to make it back to the real world above ground. They're charged with fetching a key from the Black Friars and delivering it to the Angel Islington, but nothing is as it seems in Neverwhere, so we're able to enjoy their unexpected journey.
This book is fun. It's fast-paced and spellbinding. The characters are lovable, and Richard's witty British sarcasm made me giggle. Gaiman is a master storyteller. This is the kind of fantasy I want to read more of. Not elves and dwarves (not that there's anything wrong with elves of dwarves!) but looking at real life through the lens of imagination.
Richard Mayhew is leading a normal life in London when he meets and helps a bleeding woman he finds on the sidewalk. This woman's name is Lady Door, and she leads him into the "London Below," forever changing his life.
The underground world or "Neverwhere" is where people who have fallen through the cracks end up - including The Marquis de Carabas, the Angel Islington, the female bodyguard called "Hunter," the Rat-Speakers, and a whole cast of bizarre and colorful characters.
Door is on a mission to learn the cause of her family's slaughter and avenge their deaths. Richard is on a mission to make it back to the real world above ground. They're charged with fetching a key from the Black Friars and delivering it to the Angel Islington, but nothing is as it seems in Neverwhere, so we're able to enjoy their unexpected journey.
This book is fun. It's fast-paced and spellbinding. The characters are lovable, and Richard's witty British sarcasm made me giggle. Gaiman is a master storyteller. This is the kind of fantasy I want to read more of. Not elves and dwarves (not that there's anything wrong with elves of dwarves!) but looking at real life through the lens of imagination.