Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Neverwhere
Book Review: A wonderful, dark and twisted sense of humor
Summary: 5 Stars
If you buy this book for anything, buy it for Croup and Vandemar! These two are the most deliciously demented characters I have run across in a long time. I've never found villains quite so entertaining (although, I must admit, in a dark and kind of horrific way) while being so very evilly competent. I loved all their wry comments. Their only downfall was some of the things they ate....Book Review: A world you'd never ordinarily see...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the second book of Neil Gaiman's I've read and it is my favorite so far. Set in modern London, our hero, Richard Mayhew, is an extremely ordinary nice guy, engaged to an extremely self-centered beauty. On their way out one evening, he stumbles (literally) over a young woman (Door) who needs help. Despite his fiancee's threats and whines, Richard does -- as one suspects he always does -- the right thing.The "right thing" leads into an exciting adventure in the underworld of London that satisfies most of my needs to escape my own ordinary life. There are subway cars that host small earldoms, alleys with the addition of underground hide-outs unseen by any but those who belong, a good bad guy, a bad good guy, some fairly mild struggles, lots of dry humor, no distracting romance, and wonderful characters.
Two elderly but very mean bad guys manage to be amusing in their dreadful conversations (in between doing what they love to do most -- torture, maim and eliminate those who are on their list or in their way.) The toughest 'guy' in the book for the longest time turns out to be Hunter, a supporting (female) character.
Gaiman is an excellent storyteller. This book was so good I had to force myself to put it down, because at the time I didn't have another of his books to read. The ending left me wanting more -- indeed, this was a mini-series in England (when do we get to see it?) that would be loved here. Another book or two following Mayhew's life (it'll never be the same!) would enliven my own drab life!
Different than American Gods -- not suitable for the younger Harry Potter readers, but there's something about the decidedly English perspective that makes the violence mildly amusing (and besides, in the neverworld, the dead aren't always terminally dead!)
A great book, I've already passed mine on to a friend! Enjoy!
Book Review: AMAZING!!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the greatest books I have read. If you like things that are awesome...get this!!Book Review: Abrubtly cut short ending
Summary: 3 Stars
I was so swept up in this story with all of it's unexpected twists and turns and fabulous characters. However, as the book winds down, it seems as if the writer was in a hurry to finish and the characters suddenly become shallowly depicted. It seemed as if the ending was re-written to condense it and the way the main characters leave things made little sense and left me feeling cheated. Overall, A good writer but the ending made me feel like I wasted the hours I enjoyed at the beginning of the book.Book Review: Absolutely fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed the Anansi Boys so when I was looking for another book to read, I came across Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman is a great writer. I found myself staying up into the wee hours of the night to finish the book (yet wishing that it would not end and the story would continue). I highly recommend this book if you like fantasy books.