InterWorld

By: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Joey Harker isn't a hero.

In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. And one day Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension.

Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces: armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions. When he sees the evil those forces are capable of, Joey makes the only possible choice. He joins an army of his own, an army of versions of himself from different dimensions who all share his amazing power and who are all determined to fight to save the worlds.

Master storyteller Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award-winning science-fiction writer Michael Reaves team up to create a dazzling tale of magic, science, honor, and the destiny of one very special boy and all the others like him.

©2007 Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers

Very interesting!!

We listened for my granddaughter's AR list. We really liked it!! And it went toward her AR goal!

good for the imaginarion

It's more of a fantasy book than a science book, it doesn't get lost in boring explenations. it has some interesting descriptions and locations. not too serious a book although it has some typical fantasy level death and conflict. similar to neverwhere.

A good listen

I enjoyed this story. The plot and characters were interesting, and it shows a very interesting new take on the idea of multiple universes.

In some places the writing was a little bit awkward, not as polished as I've come to expect from Neil Gaiman. I don't know anything about the writing style of Michael Reaves, but I don't think he deserves the blame.

I think what's likely is that it's a result of this story not being intended to be distributed as a book. It was originally a pitch for a television show, I'm guessing they had to make a lot of hurried modifications when there was a demand for it in book form.

There's not much character development. I think that's also a result of the story being written for television where the development happens over multiple episodes.

One thing I wonder: If every important decision splits off a new universe, what happens when you make an important decision when you're outside of them?

Interworld is a nice, light read. I recommend it.

Not insane or gross!

You know how you never know what you are going to get when you pick up a Neil Gaiman book? Well, it always worries me. Gems or garbage every time, no in between. This book is very unlike his usual style, no obscure references that made no sense whatsoever (to most of us, anyway) and nothing to really gross you out - this time. Very entertaining, worth getting!

Change of Pace!

A nice light "read"! A little bit of a change of from Neil Gaiman's other books. Fast paced sprinkled with bits of humor. Look forward to the second in the series

a fun read

a good fun book.
I'm use to the darker side of things but this story carries on just fine.
I would recommend it.

Loved it!

Great story! Can't wait to hear, or read the rest of the books in this series!!

Didn’t seem like Neil’s usual quality

It was good. Not Neil’s best work but good. I would have loved it when I was a kid.

A good listen will continue with the rest

I always enjoy stories about the multi verse. This is a kids version of the Elric saga where Hugh is Joeys storm bringer minus the killing and soul sucking attributes. It’s fun I would have enjoyed it more as a teenager and a good intro to the concepts of the Elric saga witch the balance must be maintained.

needed more

Not a bad book, but it needed more story. just when the kid is ready to take off, the book ends. of course it will continue in the next installment, but there should have been more to the book. I hope the next book gets more into detail. and I also want to see more about Hue.