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Neverwhere

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Feb 29, 2024jcan55 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A fun and memorable read, but you can tell it's Gaiman's first novel: not as narratively satisfying or complex as his later works.
Feb 19, 2024cdarin11 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Almost 30 years. Glad I found time to read this.
Feb 06, 2024Misterslug rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
could be the perfect book. all these years later i still come back to it and reference it. i can absolutely see London below being real. i want it to be.
Oct 07, 2023jiya_j rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This door, once opened, might lead me to an underground version of my home, even if not London. The tale of Richard Mayhew in London Below concludes on a positive note. Though initially slow, I found it engaging, and the unique…
Oct 07, 2023zimmleanna rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I almost didn’t finish this book. I loved The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It was so heartfelt. I loved the creepiness of Coraline and the playfulness of The Graveyard. But Neverwhere’s long rambling plot and Richard’s lack of agency…
Sep 19, 2023onyxemilyreads rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5 - 3.75 ⭐️ Buddy read w/ Pinj ❤️ This is my first standalone adult novel by Gaiman and honestly, it is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It definitely has its quirks and charm that is specific to him, having read Coraline. I enjoyed…
Mar 17, 2023severina2001 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Richard Mayhew lives a structured “normal” life in London, a life in which he is so henpecked by his overbearing fiance Jessica that he doesn’t even realize he’s being henpecked. But when he helps a young girl he finds bleeding on the…
Nov 28, 2022HPL_Teen_Volunteer3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Neverwhere is a riveting, enchanting, and brilliant novel from Neil Gaiman; author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Coraline. (Note-the book is a novelization of the series written by the author…This 2021 version is the author’s…
Sep 19, 2022
"Richard Mayhew is a young ma(n) with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed…
Sep 12, 2022SarahTink rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Neil Gaiman at his Neil Gaiman-iest. Neverwhere has a lot of the trappings of your typical "lost in Faerie" tale as well as a bit of an Odyssey/Hero's Journey factor, but imagine everything painted over with a grubby, semi-steampunky,…
Aug 22, 2022xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Illustration upgraded a minor novel to a masterpiece.
Jul 11, 2022Anita_Dickey rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used the 2022 prompt read an audio book narrated by the author. It is also on Listopia's 300 books everyone should read once. Honestly, I found it very boring. It has a…
Jul 10, 2022wyenotgo rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I guess steampunk just doesn't work for me. But perhaps more to the point, I began to feel as if I were reading a graphic novel where someone had forgotten to include the pictures. That said, these are especially ugly scenes, so perhaps it…
Apr 21, 2022DowningStreet rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Yuk! Gruesome. Neverwhere, never again! Nothing redeeming about this story. Total waste of time.
Jan 31, 2022LPL_IlkaI rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As ever with Neil Gaiman, what seems like a recognizable and unquestionable world is anything but. A young man, Richard Mayhew, finds himself in the depths of the London Underground only to learn that it is chock full of saints, monsters,…
Jan 28, 2022SAPL_Teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Neverwhere is a fantasy tale for the ages. This book gives you everything you’d want in a good story. With a mesh of an unexpected pairing of Alice in Wonderland with Guy Ritchie’s dry British comedy/crime flicks. Protagonist Richard…
Dec 22, 2021Kimthereadingqueen rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A perfect read for folks who want a lighter version of a David Mitchell novel.
Dec 03, 2021khristinemarcinowski rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I have mixed feeling about Neverwhere. On one hand, I love the premise of a secret, and magical underground London, and some of the writing in this novel captured that charm and wit I was looking for. But this book was quite the…
Jul 12, 2021pacl_teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"Richard is a businessman with a normal future going out to dinner with his fiance, how could a bleeding girl on the street change his life so greatly? Richard helps the girl, Door, recover and follows her order to find a man she needs for…
May 21, 2021channingmc rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I absolutely loved this book. So imaginative and creative. You really dive into this alternative city and become so invested in this story. I wish there was a sequel so I can have more time with these characters!
May 06, 2021AlteredStaite rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I like Neil Gaiman and have enjoyed his other books. I downloaded this e book thinking I could adjust the type on a tablet and recover from cataract surgery. Unfortunately this one was just too violent for me.
Nov 05, 2020cmlibrary_MegMH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Neil Gaiman has a true gift for making the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this tale, he takes us on a mystical journey below the streets of London as we follow Richard and Door on a quest for knowledge, revenge, and belonging.…
Apr 17, 2020JCLBeckyC rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Read by the author himself, the downloadable audiobook is even better than the book. This is the novel that got me into urban fantasy. Richard Mayhew is a charming everyman-hero.
Apr 10, 2020OPL_JacobL rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An amazing allegorical portal fantasy story penned by one of the greatest authors of the modern age, Neil Gaiman. In Neverwhere, Richard Mayhew lives an ordinary life with an ordinary fiancée and an ordinary office job (which he only…
Feb 25, 2020sjpl_DanaLibrariana rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I find all of Neil Gaiman's books to be a reading delight and Neverwhere was no exception. I appreciated the details in the character development which made it easy for me to form emotional attachments to them. I loved Gaiman's rich…