Absolutely terrifying. Fantastic read. Had the hairs all over my body rising as my latent monkey brain tried to get me to stop reading.
For as much as I detest Undine Spragg (and I really do, she's a terrible woman) I enjoyed this novel. I cannot, however, see me reading it again for pleasure.
This was one of the set books for my OU module Telling Stories: the novel and beyond. I LOVED this! It pains me to admit that this was my first Gaiman story and he does not disappoint! Charles Vess is a phenomenal illustrator and I loved the way that both modes intertwined to tell this story.
This is not a book I would have willingly chosen to read, its not really a genre I tend to gravitate towards. But saying that, I enjoyed this book more than I was expecting to. Yes, parts were difficult to read, without getting into too much detail there are some taboo things in this book. But at the heart of it it is a story of love and loss, of grieving for the life you though you were going to have but didn't, how the bitterness that some people hold onto when their lives don't turn out the way they wanted can poison future generations.
Would I recommend this book to others? Yes, but with warnings about the taboo sections.
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