Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman

  • Started on: 2013-06-25
  • Finished on: 2013-06-25
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fantasy

Ever since I heard there would be a new Neil Gaiman book, it was pretty high on my wish list. I love his stories, which read as modern fairy tales and take you away to his world. I couldn’t contain myself when I got the new book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane and immediately started reading it.
The protagonist returns to a neighbors farm after a family funeral, and while there remembers some pretty extraordinary and sometimes scary and heartbreaking events that happened when he was seven years old. They have to do with the three women in the farm (grandmother, mother and daughter) and the boundary between our world and a world of magic and other beings. The story deals with growing up, sacrifice, and grounding yourself in a moment of trouble.
Like previous Neil Gaiman works I read, this one did not disappoint. I was swept up in the magic of the world Gaiman created. For any fan of magic, fairy tales and Gaiman, this is a must-read. Five out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2013-06-25
  • Finished on: 2013-06-25
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism, Fantasy

Ever since I heard there would be a new Neil Gaiman book, it was pretty high on my wish list. I love his stories, which read as modern fairy tales and take you away to his world. I couldn’t contain myself when I got the new book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane and immediately started reading it.
The protagonist returns to a neighbors farm after a family funeral, and while there remembers some pretty extraordinary and sometimes scary and heartbreaking events that happened when he was seven years old. They have to do with the three women in the farm (grandmother, mother and daughter) and the boundary between our world and a world of magic and other beings. The story deals with growing up, sacrifice, and grounding yourself in a moment of trouble.
Like previous Neil Gaiman works I read, this one did not disappoint. I was swept up in the magic of the world Gaiman created. For any fan of magic, fairy tales and Gaiman, this is a must-read. Five out of five stars.