![]() Finally, Neil Gaiman lived up to his legend. The pace is brisk, the prose easy and clever, the characters very interesting and likable, and the plot just detailed enough to reward multiple readings.Īuthor Re-readability: High. Reason for Finishing: I did! Gaiman starts with a rattling superb premise and does it full justice. Neverwhere, I was told, I would probably love. So I was told to read his novels, where he really shines. Reason for Beginning: I’ve heard all these years the worshipful praise lavished on Neil Gaiman by geeks and nerds, and even some trustworthy friends, but I haven’t been overly impressed with his short stories. ![]() ![]() From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed-a dark subculture flourishing in abandoned subway stations and sewer tunnels below the city-a world far stranger and more dangerous than the only one he has ever known…” (Book jacket) Spoiler-free Synopsis: “Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart-and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. ![]()
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