Helpful Score: 1
This was the first book or story I've read by Neil Gaiman, and I found it a pretty interesting read. It had the air of a wild, trippy hallucination. One of the blurbs at the front of the book compared it to dark Alice in Wonderland which I think is a pretty accurate comparison.
So why didn't I rate it a full 10 if I liked it so much? Well, though I can't say there's anything I really disliked about it, I couldn't rate it up there with my all-time faves simply because none of the main characters really endeared themselves to me in the same way the characters from my other favorite novels have. Perhaps it was the inability to fully relate and sympathize with any particular character or their situation. It was probably on purpose anyway that the story was written with a certain level of detatchment, which I believe adds to the whole surreal-ness of it.
I definitely plan to read more of Gaiman's work in the future.
So why didn't I rate it a full 10 if I liked it so much? Well, though I can't say there's anything I really disliked about it, I couldn't rate it up there with my all-time faves simply because none of the main characters really endeared themselves to me in the same way the characters from my other favorite novels have. Perhaps it was the inability to fully relate and sympathize with any particular character or their situation. It was probably on purpose anyway that the story was written with a certain level of detatchment, which I believe adds to the whole surreal-ness of it.
I definitely plan to read more of Gaiman's work in the future.
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