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Nessun dove by Neil Gaiman

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adventurous mysterious

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

read 2: august 2024. 4 stars
i've kinda been a hater lately with regard to goodreads and also I've been horribly stuck because after come and get it none of my library books were appealing anymore. I reread a mediocre ya novel and it fixed nothing so i was struggling to decide what to read next and then I remembered that i wanted to reread neverwhere last spring and while i tragically never was able to compelte my grand vision of reading it upstairs on the dublin bus i could read it down in the dc metro if i reread it now. and so I did. the writing was still quite good and I loved the setting but unfortunately it just didn't click the same way...perhaps because I've been so busy lately I can't truly appreciate reading. which is what usually happens when I'm busy. who knows

read 1: september 2022. 5 stars
so good!! i don't know what else to say. excellent writing i loved the vibes of London Below i loved the characters

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I would consider myself a fan of Neil Gaiman's writing, and Neverwhere has a lot of the charm and soul to it. The protagonist is Richard Mayhew, a boring Londoner in an unsatisfying relationship working a comfortable job that doesn't challenge him. Richard's life is interrupted quite abruptly when Door, a filthy and very injured teenage girl, appears in front of him and asks for help. When Richard accepts, he finds himself on a whirlwind adventure in London Below, an alternate invisible London populated by those who have slipped through the cracks of every day life. It's a place where the worst and the best of humanity are brought within reach through a pliable relationship with reality, and that made it easy to immerse myself in the story. Most of the ensemble cast felt two dimensional to me, but that doesn't mean the characters were boring nor that they didn't successfully fill the narrative role Neil Gaiman cast them in. I find myself revisiting this book when I need something adventurous with a strong emotional through line that I can read in 1-2 sittings.

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