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  • Neverwhere

  • By: Neil Gaiman
  • Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
  • Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (41,561 ratings)

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Neverwhere

By: Neil Gaiman
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Publisher's summary

National Best Seller

Selected as one of NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time

The number one New York Times best-selling author's wildly successful first novel featuring his new Neverwhere tale, "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back".

Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.

"A fantastic story that is both the stuff of dreams and nightmares" (San Diego Union-Tribune), Neil Gaiman's first solo novel has become a touchstone of urban fantasy and a perennial favorite of readers and listeners everywhere.

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Critic reviews

"Gaiman's gift for mixing the absurd with the frightful gives this novel the feeling of a bedtime story with adult sophistication. Readers will find themselves as unable to escape this tale as the characters themselves." ( Library Journal)
"Delightful…inventively horrific."( USA Today)
"[Gaiman] is, simply put, a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him in any media." (Stephen King)

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The writing is so rich...

...with Gaiman's little morsals peppered amongst the story's meat.

"...on the edge of Soho, where the taudry and the Chic sit side by side to the benefit of both..."

Lush world building as always.

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Expect amazing

I adore Neil Gaiman and this book did not disappoint. Funny, frightening, imaginative to the utmost, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute ❤

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My new Favorite Book

This is a masterpiece of urban fantasy, well worth listening to. The author himself reads the book with such emotive passion that you can't help but be drawn in to the story.

Somehow a rich world of wonders is built by showing only small portions, like peering into a candy shop through a keyhole. I wish I were as articulate as Gaiman is just so I can describe how good of a book this is.

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loved!

may have a new favorite author to add to my list! just loved this. story and characters are wonderful... narrator nailed it. 5 stars a the way!

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How do I even describe this book?

I try to tell people what this book is about but where to even start? It’s not quite fantasy, but is fantastical beyond words. An epic tale full of such incredibly rich characters and story lines. From the mundane to the truly absurd and somehow woven in such a way that you find yourself sinking in, unable to pull yourself away. The writing is stunning, the narration is stunning, the story is stunning. Do not hesitate to download this book to listen... even if you’re not really sure what it’s about.. it doesn’t matter.

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Excellent narration and character work!

Loved the story, and the narration was great fun to listen to. The drums at the new chapters were weird. I thought some synth sounds would have fit better. But that didn't affect the quality overall. Bravo!

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Incredibly Intriguing

The book is a little slow to start, but once it gets going, you won't want to stop. The narrator is spot on with verbal tone forshadowing.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story

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Quite Good

The author's voice didn't bother me. In fact, I thought he did a good job of modulating it for different characters.

Once or twice character motivations seemed a bit forced in order to keep Richard and Door moving in the right direction, but for the most part the story kept me happily entertained.

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One of my favorites

What made the experience of listening to Neverwhere the most enjoyable?

I love Neil Gaiman and especially love the books he narrates himself. This book was such fun to listen to....kind of a Charles Dickens meets the netherworld. I hated to see it I end and will definitely lo pistes to it again. The characters are so well defined not only by the writing but by the reading. What delicious fun.

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Super fun.

Great adventure into another world, one of fantastic creatures and captivating personalities. Performance nothing short of amazing.

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