Neverwhere Ltd

The Author's Preferred Text

hardcover, 320 pages

Published Feb. 23, 2010 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-196494-7
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4 stars (414 reviews)

"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. This small kindness propels him into a dark world he never dreamed existed. He must learn to survive in London Below, in a world of perpetual shadows and darkness, filled with monsters and saints, murderers and angels. He must survive if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."

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reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)

Review of 'Neverwhere' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Throughly fun and definitely recommended!

All in all, the characters were a little to thin -- it would have been nice to delve deeper into the world Gaiman created. Our protagonist, Richard Mayhew, starts of as essentially a mirror of Arthur Dent circa Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide series, but unlike Arthur, Richard evolves to accept and even understand the world he is presented with. I enjoyed his development, even if it didn't dive too deeply. The rest of Gaiman's characters are basically there as a backdrop and to advance the story along. It's been awhile since I read a story that was intended as a single work (lately it has been series of various length). I actually wished there was more -- it was a fascinating world.

There is apparently a BBC mini-series based on this and just added it to my Netflix queue. Hopefully the production and acting isn't …

reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)

Review of 'Neverwhere' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I'm afraid I was disappointed in this one too. Maybe because my expectations were too high to begin with. People have been raving about Neil Gaiman to me for quite some time and I guess that led me to expect more. This was an ok book, quite interesting in parts, but as a whole really not my thing. )t could so easily have been, but unfortunately, there was too much that just didn't sit right with me. Well, we live and learn. I should probably make up my own mind and not listen too much to friends when it comes to choosing books to read.

reviewed Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)

Review of 'Neverwhere' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

This had a fantastic casting (hello, James McAvoy!) and was really fun to listen to, but also really confusing. Unlike the regular audiobook, there was no filler between the dialogue, so I felt like I was missing out on a lot of the world-building (and I've read the original book at least twice). I'm guessing this is something you get used to when listening to full-cast audio, but I'm not convinced I like it. I would have to know the book forwards and backwards before I could really enjoy it. However, if you are really familiar with "Neverwhere," I highly highly recommend listening to this.

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