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Summary: slightly twisted
Review: it's an excellent book that sucks you into it's plot, one of those you devour on a dark and stormy day. full of humor and rising climaxes, its a must read book!
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Summary: Captivating
Review: Picked up the book on a sheer whim, having never heard of gaiman previously...was completely captivated and absorbed by the vivid world of london below...the pictures gaiman was able to paint with his prose amazed me...neverwhere became very real...and any book that completely brings you into its world works for me...i do not read fantasy/science fiction as a rule...too often weirdness substitutes for any characterization, plot line, or anything resembling literary devices...but after reading "neverwhere", i searched out and read most of gaiman's other prose work (sorry, i don't need the graphic novels, i have my own imagination, just give me the words)... unfortunately, the reat of gaiman's prose has been lacking..."stardust" was too incomplete, obviously the illustrations in the graphic novel did most of the story telling there..."good omens" was inconsistent and most of the stories in "smoke and mirrors" were instantly forgettable... so buy and enjoy neverwhere...after that, buyer beware
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Summary: Fantasy that Manages to Be Both Dark and Light
Review: Neverwhere is a novel you wish Jim Henson Productions would turn into a film. It's a great sister project to Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, though it is much darker than either of those. The real joy of reading comes from Gaiman's involving writing style, drawing you into a world that doesn't make sense, but making you feel perfectly at home there anyway. It's a short, sharp, beautifully dank novel that creates a world so real you can almost smell it.
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Summary: Story-telling of the highest caliber
Review: It never ceases to amaze me how the fantasy genre is consistently overlooked as a source of "serious literature" (whatever that means). No, "Neverwhere" is not pregnant with convoluted Jamesian sentences, nor does it possess the lyrical beauty of a Nabakov novel, or break any new literary boundaries. What it does do (more completely and thoroughly than anything I've read in quite a while) is ENTERTAIN. Gaiman is a wonderful story-teller, and "Neverwhere" is resplendent with a well-constructed mythos, three-dimensional characters, and a storyline that hurtles you through the pages like a juggernaut. The protagonist, Richard Mayhew, plays an affable anti-hero, and Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar are quite possibly two of the most entertaining villians ever put to print. It is a worthwhile literary endeavor. Anyone that tells you otherwise is either incompetent or just plain wrong. Will this book be on The Modern Library's Top 100 books of the 20th century? Probably not, but considering what an outright farce that was, who cares? "Neverwhere" proves that the art of telling a tale has not been lost; buried under a rubble of rhetoric maybe, but not lost. I consider this to be as credible of a form of literature as any that has been written. To those who consider it an airy form of escapism: think again and come up with a more cogent response. It simply isn't true, believe me. This is what fantasy so desparately needs to be.
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Summary: Sold out again
Review: I was at the bookstore about a 2 months ago, and happened to find a copy of Neverwhere. Being somewhat stingy with my money I didn't buy it. Then three weeks ago I decided to go find the book at my libary. It was great, and I couldn't put it down till I stopped, and I decided to go back to the bookstore to get the book. And it was gone, after sitting there for something close too three months. And it's not the first time all copys of Neverwhere have been sold out, the people there have had to reorder a few times already, so I guess that this speaks for it's self .
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Summary: entertaining but pointless
Review: gaiman, as ever is brilliant in drawing you into these worlds...however, it lacks the messages and meaning behind some of his other work...esp. sandman. so i can only compare this to an older more intelligent version of the novels i read in junior high....a nice diversion, but dont expect to think too much
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Summary: Great, but not for Neil
Review: If anybody else had written this book, I would have loved it and I never would have raised a finger, but I really did expect more from Neil Gaiman. It did not have the depth or literary value of Sandman, but I will say that it is an entertaining story and will not let you down if you don't have any preconceived expectations.
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Summary: It's very good, but...
Review: I enjoyed this book a lot, but I didn't love it. I read it after seeing the TV show, and that might be the reason why I felt let down. The TV show was better. The visual qualities of the novel went to waste after seeing them on the screen. It is a good read though and I do recommend it, but it's not one to take your breath away. I look forward to reading his other stuff to see if it improves.
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Summary: It would have worked better as a comic
Review: Not all in all a bad book. Amusing, dark, not actually scary, it reminded me unfortunately of Clive Barker (can't stand 'im) at times. The writing was good when it was appropriately light and dark near simultaneously--for example, the ordeal which Our Hero tries sensibly to avoid, where he is given a cup of nice tea and then the book launches into a very nice bit of horror, is well done. On the other hand, the book was missing the vitality present in Gaiman's comics, which use their illustrations to the fullest effect. The book just felt a little flat at parts.
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Summary: Neil Gaiman is the greatest fanasist of our time.
Review: This book was simply one of the best books I've ever read. Neil Gaiman deserves a noble prize.
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