Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
Review by M. Frank Darbe

Modern London filled with faceless, ordinary people is a mask concealing a magical city in Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere populated by bizarre and fascinating people living invisibly under the streets and within walls. Richard Mayhew is one of those ordinary people who through an act of kindness saves a wounded bleeding young woman loses his life, his livelihood, and his home. Finding himself literally unseeable by his former friends and lover, he enters the nightmarish magical world of London Beneath.

This book surprised me. I was unfamiliar with Gaiman's work, except in comic books. I found it complex and enjoyable.

Crossposted at DU3

[klook]

1. Thanks for the tip

I'm reading The Graveyard Book by Gaiman now, and it's excellent.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. I will put this one on my list of books to read.

[getting old in mke]

2. Good book

_American Gods_ is my favorite of his.

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4. I have that book on the shelf.

It is about three books down on my reading list.

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5. Neverwhere was a book that was the type of book I loved as a child, and

I loved it just as I would have as a child when I read it for the first time last year. Seemed a bit like the Amber series by Zelazny. I literally had tears upon finishing it that the story was over. Unfortunately, I am a slow reader, so even though I have other of his books on my shelf, I haven't been able to make much progress towards getting to others of them.

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it. :hi:

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6. never mind - was using outdated info

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