The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Oh man, I used to be so obsessed with Neil Gaiman! Out of habit I pre-ordered this book and then it sat around my house for months because I didn't feel like reading it??? Anyway I finally read it and it turns out I still like Neil Gaiman, whew.

I wasn't expecting it to be so scary! It was kind of scary! It reminded me of one of the early Sandman stories, but in novel form and without the Sandman in it! It's like kind of ~classic Neil Gaiman~ in that it's about the power of stories and myth and childhood.

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re-read 12/17/21
It's interesting that I gave this 4 stars in 2013 because over time my memory of this kind of faded into like, “Oh, that book was fine” but it didn't really stick with me. But then, I was #blessed to see the play adaptation of this on the West End and I LOVVVVVED the play so I wanted to re-read the book. I think I appreciated it more having had the play in my mind, or honestly maybe just being a little bit older? I just found all of his reflections about memory and time and childhood to be a lot more moving than I had remembered. It's just like this very book says...memory is tricky.