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Summary: The most fun I've had reading a book in years
Review: It's weird reading the occasional downer reviews on this page, as if we read different books. I loved "Neverwhere" completely and entirely, it was like a Narnia book for adults, deceptively simple but filled with strange depths and moments of completely astonishing depth and profundity and of humor. C. S. Lewis would have loved it and understood it and so would Frank Baum. I've loved Gaiman's prose for a long while, some of the "Angels and Visitations" stories are astonishing, and "Stardust" his new book is like a cross between Dunsany and E. Nesbit, with a prose style that's pure delight. "Neverwhere" is quite different though, simple and powerful and dangerous. I hope he writes a sequel, I want to go back there again.
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Summary: Mildly amusing comic without pictures; boring, cliched novel
Review: Summary: Accountant joins the society for creative anachronism, except...it's real!!!! Neverwhere's gothic characters, plot and imagery is all on the surface. A brooding character broods, a clueless character has no clue, vicious characters are vicious, comic relief is comic relief. Everybody acts in their heavily stylized way, so that once you know which character plays what role, you also know pretty much what they're going to do for the rest of the book. London Below is gothic, bloody and brooding because that would be cool. People who fall through the cracks develop powers because that would be cool. This works wonders in Gaiman's comics (excuse me, graphic novels!), but it doesn't work as a novel. Don't get me wrong, this book will entertainingly pass your time. Will it add anything to your life after? No. If you want to read a really great, lush, textured, nuanced book with about where fantasy and reality meet, try Little, Big by John Crowley, or The Bone People by Keri Hulme.
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Summary: Me again
Review: What I meant by that Neil's style is somewhat simple is that he lacks a sense of structure (in this book, anyway); take Alan Moore or Emily Bronte, they certain have a good sense of organization. Neil's style is too matter-of-fact, too Hemingway for me.
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Summary: This book won't disappoint Neil Gaiman Fans
Review: I enjoyed Neil's book as much as I would anything that Neil writes or is involved in. I'm hesitant to give it a ten, because then it woul make less of other books, such as _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ or _Crime and Punishment_. This book is imaginative and entertaining. However, what I find fault with this story is that it lacks any substantial meaning, and sometimes Neil's diction is simple, and not as impressionable as other books... but perhaps I'm just stuck in other time periods...
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Summary: This aye night, this aye night, every night and all...
Review: This could have been a great book. One of the highest on my list of great fantasy books. It was funny, it had nice dialogue, and interesting characters (Old Bailey, Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemaar are my favorites). The premise itself was interesting itself, if not used before (see "Down Town"): an underside to London where people fall through the cracks and Richard dragged from the Upworld to the underside. And if it had completely failed as a story, then it makes a pretty nice travel guide to London (I'm speaking as someone who read the American version of the book and has never been to London before). But the ending! I felt so disappointed. It was the ending that made it an nice book, but not a great book.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!
Review: Neil Gaiman shows what a master he is with this enthralling and imaginitive novel. His characters are likable (even Croup and Vandemar!) and his plot twists are brilliant.
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Summary: Just a reader, not a fan
Review: Although I know who and what Gaiman has done, I've never followed his work. Neverwhere is good.....a nice weave of fantasy and reality which is where it's strength lies. I thought the main characters needed more developing, but the concept is more than enough to intrigue.
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Summary: never before, never so good
Review: Just finished reading it and I must say it was one heck of a book. Just what I wanted. An underground world to get lost in, during the darkest time of the year, WINTER. Not a single piece was missing. I simply sped through the book without stopping. I would like to see more writnig like this soon again. Dacki
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Summary: The best fiction/fantasy filled w/ mystical adventure.
Review: This book intruiged me (and that is pretty hard to do). It is a thrilling adult and more contemporary version of Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland. It was so cool, I couldn't put it down for a minute. I hope all of his works are like this and if so I look forward to reading them.
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Summary: What goes on with these english guys , anyway ?!
Review: I have been a "Sandman" fan since it was first published in Brazil , and since then I've became a Neil Gaiman fan , also . And , when it became known that that beautiful series was going to end (and even if I said at the time "Well,nothing as good as "Sandman"could end forever!"),it made me a little sad , and aprehensive . But if "Neverwhere" - and that is the first Neil Gaiman novel I ever read - is a sign of the kind of things we could expect from him now on , well , the end of Sandman doesn't matter , at all . The book is a wonderful mixture of myth , legends , fairy tales , and Clive Barker (and Monty Python !) for good measure . It's also a little bit like something from Douglas Adams (The hero , Richard , is an Arthur Dent look-alike , almost ), but there's a huge difference between mr. Gaiman's book and any Hitchhiker books (or Clive Barker's,for that matter ) : his sense of narrative structure is amazing , and the story flows like a dark and beautiful river . Also , I hadn't watched the series yet , and I am a little suspicious if one could actually produce all the wonderful sights and sounds and scenes from the novel (that is , as far as I know ,strictly based upon the series screenplay ).But mr. Gaiman has surprised me a lot of times already .
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