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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Neil Gaiman, Neil Gaiman
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Just One More Chapter
Just One More Chapter rated it 8 years ago
I enjoyed this gem via audiobook using Hoopla, which is annoying and glitchy but that's neither here nor there, and I am astounded anew each time I venture into the extremely rich, creative mind of Mr. Neil Gaiman. He narrates his own books and really who knows better the tone implied or the necessa...
Just a book blog
Just a book blog rated it 8 years ago
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. The house is long gone but he finds himself drawn to the old farmhouse at the end of the road where his childhood friend lived. Lettie Hempstock wasn't an ordinary little girl and her mother and grandmother weren't ordinary women. ...
Tannat
Tannat rated it 8 years ago
I listened to the audiobook back in January, and I think I’ll let my rating stand. Then as now, what really drove up the rating at the end was Ocean, the black cat from the field. I had to kind of psych myself up to dive in, though, because I do find the opal miner’s arrival difficult to read. In so...
Just a book blog
Just a book blog rated it 8 years ago
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. The house is long gone but he finds himself drawn to the old farmhouse at the end of the road where his childhood friend lived. Lettie Hempstock wasn't an ordinary little girl and her mother and grandmother weren't ordinary women. ...
Shiftyj1
Shiftyj1 rated it 8 years ago
I listened to this one on audio and dug everything about it. Neil Gaiman narrated it and I thought it really added to my enjoyment of the story. A dark adult fairy tale as only Neil Gaiman can tell. Very well done and highly recommended.
BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 8 years ago
I remembered that, and, remembering that, I remembered everything. It took me a few attempts to get into The Ocean at the End of the Lane but in the end Gaiman won me over again with his unique way to tell imaginative stories with an air of lyrical sadness.
Lydia's Page
Lydia's Page rated it 9 years ago
It's finally time to call it: Neil Gaiman just isn't for me. I can absolutely appreciate why people love his stories, but they don't do it for me.
VictoriaNickers
VictoriaNickers rated it 9 years ago
Neil Gaiman has done it again! He wrote just the book that I wanted to read. Both beautiful and haunting at the same time. He balances just enough myth and magic with a little bit of real life. It's a modern fairy tale for grown ups. Like most of his books, it contains that little bit of wisdom he i...
Lindsay's Book Log
Lindsay's Book Log rated it 9 years ago
Following a funeral, a man makes his way back to the neighborhood where he grew up, and to his old friends home. This sends him down a road of reflection on life when he was seven years old. Overall while I liked this book, I didn't love it, I felt like this book was on the precipice of greatness...
Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it 9 years ago
Weird tale. I could not understand what it was about. The writing drew me in so I wanted to understand the story but this is not my genre. Neil Gaiman is a wonderful storyteller. I love his writing.
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