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Summary: Neverwhere is everywhere!
Review: All was lost for me in the world of ninties literature. Everywhere I looked, all I found were wanna-be-intilligent novels by John Grisham and Oprha Winfrey. And then, on a bright and sunny day, a friend lent me a copy of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and a smile crept to my face. "I read it in two days", he said. "It was the most wonderful thing I've read in years." Though I was relunctant and detached from all prose at that point, I did remember Neil Gaiman's Sandman series which inspired me greatly in the past. So, I took it home. As soon as I opened the cover, I couldn't put it down. Neverwhere created a world of endless imagination and of mythological intellect. I was so sucked into that thing, that I'm reading it again, buying my own copy, and am even comparing it to Alice in Wonderland for a college term paper. Thank you, Neil Gaiman, for excreting true talent into the mainstream!
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Summary: What a great adventure !
Review: When i started this book, i was expecting something strange..Boy did i sure guess that right, this book is full of great surprises, and all goes along at a perfect pase. Not once did this book lag, our even bore me, the whole thing intriged me even more, like learing about a whole new type of humans ! This author can make u feel sad in one short sentace, then bring u up in the next, he plays with your imagination and makes u think of new things as well as new possibilties. I give it a 10 out of 10 if i could. but sadly it will have to settle for a 5. For all those people who really do like a neat adventure..Read this book !!!How many books are like Neverwhere : Zero. How many authors make u not want the book to end: Few. How many characters in your book do u really fell attached too: In this book... All. Why should u all read this perfect book: Couse if u dont u and all the other sad people who are missing out on something truly great, will be doomed forever by not reading this =). Here is a rating: 1-10 Exciting: 8 Fun: 9 1/2 Imaginative: 11 Scary: 4 1/2 Anger when the book ends couse u want to read more: 15 1/2 Is it worth the read: 20 1/2 Are u going to recomend it to people after u are done: Most likely. Will they enjoy it: Who whouldent.
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Summary: Alice & Wonderland gone horribly wrong...
Review: Simply put, Gaiman is a masterful storyteller, and one of the few still operating in the folklorist tradition. Now, I feel sure that none of us can point to a story that resembles this one so much, but certainly Gaiman has bent a popular story, as he does so well, to his own will. Richard Mayhew, the main character, is a man who leads a dull and uninvolving life. That is, until he finds a strange, injured girl, and interrupts his affairs to help her. With that, a tiny mote appears in his universe, and it sucks him in (Just as a certain prim and proper girl once followed a white rabbit). He finds himself caught in the mysterious world of London Below that had always been there, but that he had been ignoring all of his life. And in order to escape this realm of darkness, he must find a key- one that will restore him to his former life, and bring him to himself.
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Summary: An escape from the world of Richard Mayhew (and yours)
Review: Having spent my prerequisite 'angst' years with Gaiman as one of my favorite sources of dark and moody diversion, I was fairly sure Neverwhere would be a walk down memory lane. It was not. I matured, Gaiman's writing matured. Neverwhere is a darkly humourous book that captures the reader from the first page and doesn't let go. Richard Mayhew's transplantation into London Below and his ensueing mental vertigo is as real as what you and I would experience, and the annoyed humour of his native companions at his situation is fascinating. Get comfortable, open the book, and let it take you away. You'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Magical Words from Todays Modern Shakespeare
Review: This book is a combination of future authors to come in the presense of todays world. Mr. Gaiman is one of many great author to come in the next 20 years or so. He manages to put us into a dark wolrd that he created and persuade his readers that as dangerous this world might seem to be it's better than his world, our world. The stunning resolution that take place in this book are totally unexpected and odd in a magical way. I highly recommend this book to everyone. It's the best present for the coming holidays.
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Summary: A Wonderful World from a Magical Mind
Review: I found out about this book from the Sandman and Neil Gaimanwebsite which links in to Amazon. "Neverwhere" is a wonderful world, a magical adventure under the streets of London. It's like Gaiman's Narnia. What is so cool about Gaiman and this book is the number of things he can do. "Sandman" was a big glittering sad weird story. "Neverwhere" is a romp, a mad tongue in cheek wander under the streets of London. "Smoke and Mirrors" Gaiman's new short story collection (which I also bought from Amazon) is like a huge mad box of chocolates, with every story a different kind of thing. I hate to think what the world must look like from inside his head. But meanwhile I'm just grateful he is out there making the world more weird and magical for the rest of us.
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Summary: Incredible work by Neil Gaiman
Review: "Neverwhere" is a truly grand novel. Fast-moving, wild, witty and action-packed, it thrills from the first page to the last one. Gaiman is at his best and shows us glimpses of a greater world where everything is better, flashier and more adventorous. A must-have!
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Summary: Must read if you have ever traveled on the London Tube
Review: The novel combines elements reminiscent of Alice through the looking glass and Dorothy trying to find her way home from Oz. An ordinary guy crosses into another world below London. The London subway warning "Mind the Gap" takes on a whole new meaning--there are beings that reside in the gap. The hero meets a band of wonderful characters as we travel through the midnight world below London. The ending is unexpected, but totally satisfying. Even if you do not like gothic novels, but have ever been to London, you will love this book!
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Summary: First time reader of Gaiman,know I`ll be back for more.
Review: As a reader of Fantsy, I`m always looking for a new experience. I noticed a fellow employee at work reading "Neverwhere", and when I saw it listed on Amazon,Ihad to try. Boy am I glad I did! Its a great read(did it in 3 sittings),the pace just pulls you along,the characters are developed enough to be both sympathetic and scarry,and the premise is handled in a lighthearted and almost comical way. An emotional journey that I for one would be willing to endure again and again. I was physically tired by the end.
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Summary: Wow. Wow. Wow.
Review: I picked this book up out of curiosity, because I knew Gaiman from his work on SimCity 2000... and it blew me away. Gaiman is a master of combining fantasy, humor, and horror all in one lump sum. What a surprise-- I thought I would be bored, but the action kept its pace throughout the entire book. I can only hope Mr. Gaiman plans on a sequel...
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