Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

~Plot~ Neverwhere is a slightly strange, but ultimately interesting novel set in London. Here, however, there are two London's - our 'normal' London, where the main character, Richard Mayhew, begins as a typical run-of-the-mill Londoner with an office job in the city, and 'London Below', the connected but hidden underworld peopled by weird and wonderful characters such as The Angel 'Islington', Velvets, and the Rat-speakers. Usually the two worlds are separate, but by helping a girl called Door, Richard falls into London Below and starts his hero's quest, joining Door to discover who killed her father and how he can return to London Above - all the time while trying ...  Read the complete review

I love books. I read books and I work with books and authors. Sometimes a book comes along that I find hard to put down...NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman (normally a graphic novel writer) is one of those, and I finished it in possibly a record time for me. Neverwhere could be described as a cross between CS Lewis and James Herbert. Set in a place called 'London below' (which, strangely enough, is below London) it is about a world where the homeless, disposessed and very different people live - it also covers many different eras and places all at the same time, almost like trans-dimensional malarkey. Normal people do not know about it, nor can they see it ...  Read the complete review

This is the first Neil Gaiman novel I have read though I have watched and enjoyed the film of Stardust. It's a bit difficult for me to review this book because I found it so bizarre. Interesting but bizarre which my friends assure me is a perfectly natural reaction to a first dose of Neil Gaiman! The story is essentially about the 'other' London that exists below the streets of London in the forgotten tube lines and stations and alleyways that have slipped out of our consciousness. The hero, if I can call him that, is a slightly spineless, ordinary young man who has been living and working in London for a few years and is on the verge of being married to his ...  Read the complete review

The recipe for a Neil Gaiman novel seems to be take a quart of mundane, everday life, add a sprinkling of magic and leave it in a very, very, very dark place for a long long time. Gaiman, who is perhaps best known for his comic/graphic novels such as The Sandman, has more recently ventured into the realms of all-print novels - to great effect. Neverwhere is the story of a mundane, everyday Scot called Richard Mayhew, who lives a mundane, everyday life in London - going to work, becoming engaged to his fairly terrifying girlfriend Jess and generally mooching around. That is until the night he decides to be a good Samaritan... He sees a ...  Read the complete review

I have had a lot of college work so haven't been here for over 6 weeks, but I'm back and I'm sure I shall keep up this reviewing! Neil Gaiman is an inspirational author, in my opinion! He can make something that is totally normal into something extra-ordinary which leaves you wanting more. I have read only 1 other book from Neil Gaiman which is called "The Graveyard Book", but I have a few others such as "Odd and the Frost Giants" and "American Gods", which I cannot wait to actually finish as they keep on making me eager to read them. Neil Gaiman is such a good author and I really suggest that some of you should dip into his works ...  Read the complete review