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Summary: An amazing odessey in a not-so-familiar London . . .
Review: This book will take you to a London you've never before seen - a melange of the familiar and the unfamiliar, a world that lies between places. Gaiman's matter-of-fact prose brings you into this weird new world where the familiar places and sounds of London are melded with an incredible fantasy world. Memorable characters populate this magical world within-a-world -- debonaire tricksters, a damsel-in-distress, an everyday 'Joe', cunning psychopaths. And, as anyone familiar with Gaiman's work, none are reduced to mere stereotypes - all are detailed, with unique memorable personalities.
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Summary: What's *really* in that darkened subway car?
Review: While I had associated Neil Gaiman with humorous books (Don't Panic and Good Omens), I was pleasantly surprised to find I had accidentally bought one of the best sci-fi/fantasy books I've read in a while. It was a total mindbender about a universe we "normal" people share, but never care to see. We've all had the experience of seeing a darkened subway car, but never once have I ever thought about looking inside to confirm it has the same interior as all the rest...
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Summary: Gaiman at his finest.
Review: In NEVERWHERE literary artist Neil Gaiman creates a masterful blend of horror, humor, and straight-out magic in this urban fatasy epic. The amazing character development ends up with the reader hopelessly in love with the goofy Richard Mayhew as he is plunged, head first, into the magical and frightening world that lies just beyond our perception. And, without a shadow of a doubt, Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar are some of the greatest villains I have ever encountered in my readings. (I mean they eat kittens for heavens sake!) This book takes you from laughing out loud to cowering in your room smoothly and without a hitch. All fans of humorous, urban, or dark fantasy should pick this up!
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Summary: Funny & Fascinating
Review: If Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll got rip-roaring drunk and collaborated on a novel, the results would probably be quite similar to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Allusive, witty, and wildly imaginative, this is one of the best fantasy novels I've in a while. Is it THE best? No, that honor still has to go to The Lord Of The Rings. Is Gaiman capable, with a little more practice, of writing something that good? Uh, look out, Mr.Tolkien...
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Summary: Reality as your mind LETS you percieve it?
Review: This book is gorgeous. I read it, and I had problems with my comprehension of reality for weeks. Not that it's a bad thing, just the fact that maybe there is a whole other world right in front of your face.... But you can't see it because your mind's grip on "reality" won't let you... Kind of interesting...
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: Found the paperback displayed in a bookstore; had never heard of the author and the book lay tucked away for several months before I decided to read it and -- wow -- couldn't put it down. I thought the story (fantasy) original and enjoyed the characters. Good, quick read for summer holidays.
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Summary: A dark, but charming mythological tale!
Review: A fascinating look into a mirror world of our own existence. Neil Gaiman will have you hooked after only a few chapters. You will be intrigued by Richard Mayhew, his romantic gateway into the London other world, "Door", and all of her enemies and allies. It is a dark novel and one with haunting gore and violence. Nevertheless, it is a book you won't want to put down. This is especially true if you imagine yourself as a mythical traveler along for the ride with Richard Mayhew where people that you encounter either help you (a lot) or hurt you (as in deader than a doornail, but there is still a chance to survive!).
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Summary: An intrincate lacework of words and visions...
Review: This is one of the finest novels you'll ever read in the [dark] fantasy genre... although I feel I should not put it in that shelf only, for actually it is much more universal than that.I read this book (purposefully) during a trip to London, and fell in love with its accurate descriptions, its quirky references and its lyrical, haunting and also heartfelt prose. The story of Richard, Door, Jessica, Hunter and their friends is one of the best you'll ever come across... part epic, part gothic, part murder mystery, part tender love story and adventure... Neil Gaiman is a master of narrative and this book works as beautifully as his graphic stories. A must-read and a candidate for the "To Keep" shelf.
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Summary: Neverwhere
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I left the UK 16 years ago and never lived near London but it still brought back memories. It is a wonderfully rich read with loads of jokes and allusions. It is also a real hero journey with many mythic elements. 'The Call' is when he sees Door fall onto the pavement in front of him. The hero starts out only wanting to get home (be careful what you wish for......) but after his experiences, he has been changed so much that he is no longer suited to his old life. He has realised that his previous life was only half a life to him now. There is no judgement, only the recognition that 'you can never really go home'. The life in London Below is dirty and dangerous, not a wishfulfillment like some 'other worlds' but it is, to paraphrase Thoreau, 'living deep and sucking the marrow out of life'.
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Summary: Entertaining read
Review: An entertaining horror story, which takes place in the underground of London. Some of it is a little too fanciful, and some of the horror is just put in for squeamishness sake, but I guess that's what horror is about these days, isn't it? Some of the characters, especially the bad guys, are very well written and have interesting dialogue. Others, the primary example being the main character Richard Mayhew, don't really give you much of a reason to cheer. Still, all in all a good read.
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