Neil Gaiman

 I have just finished Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Whoa...he is dark. Previously I read The Graveyard Book and American Gods. I liked the premise of American Gods. Reminded me of the way Mt. Olympus had moved to America in the Percy Jackson series. And The Graveyard Book was a Newbery Winner. This most recent book is written for adults, but it was very troubling to me.  What sort of mind creates these works?  I liked the Hempstock women. Interesting characters. I did not very much like the narrator, main character. When I finished I sought out some reviews to see if my take was the same of others...probably not.


Here are links to several you may want to check out for yourself.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/06/29/book-review-the-ocean-the-end-the-lane-neil-gaiman/4mcI42A6E2VOXpKPWZlcPJ/story.html

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/17/191346480/a-deceptively-simple-tale-of-magic-and-peril-in-ocean


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/books/review/neil-gaimans-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://lareviewofbooks.org/review/darkness-with-consolations-neil-gaimans-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane/


As for me, glad I read it, but it was discomforting and I didn't like it...not even the cover.