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Average rating4.2
There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by the people who fell through the cracks in the world.This is my first Neil Gaiman book, and I doted on it. All the time I kept thinking, “This is so fascinating. Bloody hell, all this while everyone's been hounding me to read Gay Man's books and I just didn't listen!”Reminiscent of [b:King Rat 68498 King Rat China Miéville http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312030792s/68498.jpg 1870961], I was intrigued by the idea of Neverwhere, even though I've never been to London. Reading the book, you just know that Neil Gaiman's is a British bloke. It was incredibly absurd and gloriously strange. I loved the very ordinary Richard Mayhew and even Door, but I've got a special place in my heart for The Marquis De Carabas and his not so charming ways. The only ones I didn't like were Croup and Vandemar. Also, I never would've guessed that the Angel Islington was behind it all along. That shocked me. Anesthesia and Hunter broke my heart. I even found that bit about the sewer canals gripping (not dripping. I hope you don't see what I did there, it's lame.) Neverwhere's pulled off what [a:Clive Barker 10366 Clive Barker http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1200469782p2/10366.jpg]'s [b:Imajica 567704 Imajica Clive Barker http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1333844729s/567704.jpg 1371342] couldn't. I loved Neverwhere more than [b:Coraline 17061 Coraline Neil Gaiman http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327871014s/17061.jpg 2834844], which is generally thought as rotten judgement on my part by everyone. I'll admit that it could've turned out into a cornball dark fantasy at it's tawdriest if it wasn't for the decent writing and the impressive story.