Ben reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Great Pacing
5 stars
It kept me going from start to end. Whimsical and fun.
413 pages
Russian language
Published Nov. 11, 2015
Nikogne
by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman: Nikogne (Russian language, 2015)
- ISBN:
- 978-5-17-082534-9
- OCLC Number:
- 952421427
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4 stars
(7 reviews)
"Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere." -- goodreads.com
Taru Luojola reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Kyllä tämän Gaimanin kirjaksi tunnistaa
3 stars
Nuorehko sijoitusanalyytikko (vai mikä olikaan) törmää Lontoon kadulla mystiseen loukkaantuneeseen nuoreen naiseen, ja siitä lähtee seikkailu Ala-Lontoossa, jota kansoittavat raoista alas pudonneet tyypit ja jossa henki on jatkuvasti herkässä. Pääpahiksen jäljittäminen johdattaa sankarimme moneen groteskiin paikkaan ja tilanteeseen. Sen rinnalla tavanomaisen arkinen Lontoo pankkiireineen ja taidekuraattoreineen tietenkin kalpenee.
book-owl reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter, but mature
4 stars
This was my first Neil Gaiman book. I can understand why people love his books.
This read a lot like Harry Potter in terms of the fantasy right under people's nose, and the fact that this happened in London (what is it with London and trains, eh?) gave further familiar vibe.
The book has a good flow. It's well written, with skills and thoughts. Gaiman created a whole world in 350 pages, and it feels like there's much more in the brains this came out of. I like how this books is kind of happy ending, yet, still not, yet... is... if you read it, you'll get it.
I don't usually ready fantasy like this, but I'm glad I picked this up. It was a fun read, an entertaining one, and invitation to provoke the mind and imagination.
sifuCJC reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Classic Gaiman
3 stars
Great writing of course, but I felt I'd read the situations before. Richard's situation (not the character) was very similar to the beginning of Anansi Boys. So didn't engage me as much.
Subjects
- Businessmen
- Fiction
Places
- England
- London