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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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Summary: Fantastic Book!!
Review: This book was great! It is true, as one of the other reviewers said, that the characters lack depth. But so what! It was still a fun read...and if I wanted depth, I could read Dostoevski! I am delighted to find another author of this calabre..I no longer have to wait for Powers, de Lint, and Blaylock. There is a new voice in fantastic lit!
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Summary: Magic
Review: "Neverwhere" is a wonderful story full of magic in all the places you would never think to look. I picked up the book mainly due to the inscription by Tori Amos on the dust jacket; I wasn't disappointed. It is likely that I missed a lot of the subtleties stemming from the many London references, but still...I don't think I'll see New York (or any city for that matter) in quite the same way again. At one point in the story there is a wonderful exchange between the marquis and the team of Croup and Vandermar: "What," asked the marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?"
"Dead things," suggested Mr. Vandemar. "Extra teeth." For me, I guess the only other thing I would want is for this story to neverend. Randy DeVita
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Summary: An exquisite world right under your feet
Review: An incredibly delicious book....You can't help but read it multiple times, trying to savour every second, every minute, every syllable.
I had been a long-time Sandman fan, and this novel proved to me that Gaiman's talent can translate very easily into regular prose. A must read for everyone!
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Summary: Gaiman's creative energies births another fantastic story
Review: Gaiman constantly impresses me with his wit and humor. Neverwhere was a fantastic book with clever twists and turns. I strongly recommend it to anyone who has ever enjoyed one of his books.
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Summary: This book changed my life, Neil Gaiman is a god
Review: After I read this book I began to worship Neil Gaiman. I carved a little statue of him out of a elephant's tusk and step up an altar for the man that should rule the world. I have read "Neverwhere" thirteen times since I got it last month and it is the greatest. Neil Gaiman is my hero. I want to go up to be just like him. If I every met Nail Gaiman I would get down on my knees and start kissing the ground that he walks up, for it IS SURELY BLESSED!! And for all of you that think I have been reading Neil Gaiman since he came out with Sandman, I will prove you wrong. "Neverwhere" is the only thing I have read from him. I haven't even read Sandman or Good Omens. "Neverwhere" is the greatest book of all time.
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Summary: London meets Mordor in Neil Gaimon's enchanting first novel.
Review: In this fabulous and fantastic first novel (I mean both of these terms in their literal sense); Neil Gaimon has created a seperate world unike any since, perhaps, Fritz Leiber's "The Sinful Ones". He relies on present day London for his canvas, rather than some long ago and far away land of fantasy; and his palette is filled with some of the most colorful and remarkable characters in recent memory. There's someone here for everyone to relate to. From the swashbuckling if slightly tattered Marquis de Carabas (my personal favorite), to the haunted and hunted waif, Door; there are thieves and ghouls and monsters and vampires galore, along with an endearing cast of secondary characters. The main protagonist, Richard Mayhew, is a bumbling dork who accidentally falls into this enchanted land; and the primary antagonists, the Mssrs. Croup and Vandemar, are the most evil pair of villains since the two who locked Pinnochio into a bird cage. This is a great first novel whose cinematic qualities will have everyone playing casting director as the story unfolds. I personally am hoping for a whole series of Neverwheres to take me back into the bowels of London as soon as possible.
Ray Schmitz III
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Summary: Too much walking on the surface...
Review: I found myself turning the pages but being disappointed at the lack of depth. The characters are just that-characters and not "living" people. It is a good read and I loved the concept. If you like to stay on the surface of things-read it
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