Love it

Like a warm and interesting place to hang out. Every so often one has to come back to it.

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Neverwhere + Bonus tale

Another fantastic Audiobook written and narrated by Neil Gaiman. What happen, when you save a life, and stumbles into a dangerous, but still fascinating world, which is nearer than you think? Richard Mayhew just want to return to London above, but it'll not be easy, and during the quest, anything is possible. We even got at the end of the story a bonus tale about one of the main protagonist of this fantastic novel. I did enjoy it quite a lot, and can only recommend it to everyone, who enjoys Fantasy tales with a twist.

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Gaiman at his best

a great storry! and a nice touch that the author reads it personally. highly recommendet

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Urban fairytale with a good dose of British humour

To have Neil Gaiman read his own work was a treat - he knew exactly how he wanted his characters to be like, and made them come alive. I loved how he created this mythical “London below” world amongst other things with very clever references to Tube stations ( eg. beware of the shepherds of the bush while the black friars will help). This book is for fans of London, fantasy and British humour. I enjoyed it a lot, although the plot was rather predictable and at times a bit too gory for my taste.

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It was a difficult choice to rate the book

The book is different from most other works to which it is supposedly compared, and where there could be one, of those books I have read (or listened to) too few.

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Great

If you like really evil villains, painfully naive heroes, colorful side characters and a world painted in strong, dak colours and fine writing you will love this book. It is not without the occassional clichet - but always ironic, playful and just enjoyable. A pity there never was a sequel.

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Humorvoll, gut gesprochen, Geschichte beliebig

Mir gefiel vor allem der Humor, der vom Erzähler perfekt herüber gebracht wurde. Die Geschichte ist sehr fantasievoll. Allerdings kann alles passieren wodurch es keine wirkliche Entwicklung gibt.

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I absolutely adore this story !

I dream of my next visit to London and when I'm there, I wanna open a door and I hope I'll share and see London beneath myself.

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A real Gaiman

Neil Gaiman managed to give urban fantasy a new twist. “Neverwhere” is an incredible hotpot of bizarre characters and events, where the reader/listener is taken on a scary rollercoaster ride through the “underworld” of London. It is not always clear, where this is going, but you will enjoy the ride. It is not just thrilling, it is also outrageously funny at times. As a freebie, you get to listen to Gaiman’s great voice, reading the story to you.

Richard Mayhew, the protagonist, is a decent young guy, a little bit boring and indecisive, but overall nice enough. All of a sudden his cozy little life falls apart, when he helps an injured young girl, collapsed on a sidewalk in London. Not only does his fiancée immediately walk out on him, but he becomes more or less invisible to the rest of his known world. Soon enough he will find out about the “other” London, a city underneath the city, where the wretched souls live, who fell through the cracks. This world is full of shady characters, scoundrels and murderers. You might even meet monsters and angels there. Unfortunately Richard will learn the hard way that scoundrels might be friends and angels foes.

The story is well written and really entertaining. It is a real Gaiman after all.

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My first Gaiman

This was my first novel from Neil Gaiman and it lead me to a wonderful treasure chest of fantastical stories intertwined with myths and legends - rather than answering your questions, Gaiman leaves you with even more when the story ends. The description I gave my friends: Alice in Wonderland for grownups.

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