Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart - and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed - a dark subculture flourishing in abandoned subway stations and sewer tunnels below the city - a world far stranger and more dangerous than the only one he has ever known...
Neil Gaiman has a way with words. He creates worlds unlike any other with his amazing imagination. He captivates you with incredible descriptions.
The story introduces you to London Below, a network, below London, for the people who have "slipped through the cracks". It is a magical, eerie world that seems so much like our own, only a few centuries behind. Filled with criminals, rats and filth, it is a unique backdrop for an intriguing story.
Neverwhere is filled with memorable characters. It made me almost wish that this were a series of books so you could get to know the characters better. Richard is well developed and you get to watch him grow throughout the story but I wanted more of Door, Hunter, Marquis de Carabas and even Old Bailey or Islington. I would have loved to see them more in depth, but I appreciate that Gaiman stuck with mainly Richards story, as to not overwhelm the reader. I do have to say that Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar are by far 2 of the best characters I have read about in a long time.
There were a few flaws. Some of the story lines seemed to be going somewhere but really just fell out of sight, and there were quite a few predictable parts. Overall, though, this was a great book.
I recommend it.
4 out of 5 stars
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It will be added to my reading list. :)
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