The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Audio CD)
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Summary from Goodreads:
PERFORMED BY NEIL GAIMAN!
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark, from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman.
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it.
His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
PERFORMED BY NEIL GAIMAN!
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark, from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman.
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it.
His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, in exchange for an honest review.
This book kept me riveted from the very beginning and I enjoyed it so much that I might possibly listen to it again.
This book kept me riveted from the very beginning and I enjoyed it so much that I might possibly listen to it again.
Journal Entry 3 by book_drunkard at Audio Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (1/6/2021 UTC) at Audio Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Sending off in HI77's audio bookbox.
I've had mixed feelings about some of Gaiman's other books, but I must admit I do enjoy listening to his voice. I have an e-copy of this on Mt. TBR, but I'm excited to see this audio copy, so I'm swiping it from the audio bookbox!
The narrator of this book is never given a name, but he returns as an adult to his childhood home and is swept up in memories of when he was seven years old and a series of events helped change his concept of reality & fantasy. Beginning with the apparent suicide of a nearby traveler found in the car, he then meets Lettie and her mother and grandmother, who live at the end of the lane. Almost simultaneously, the appearance of a strange and rather evil woman appears in order to wreak havoc on his family. The strange and somewhat fantastical events that follow are typical Gaiman style.
I've read several of Gaiman's books now, and I have to be in the right mood to read one. His stories are odd and I feel like they appeal to a certain type of audience, and I'm not necessarily one of those audience members. The stories themselves are not the type that really pull me in. They're somewhat creepy and dark and strange, and they're just not my favorite genre. But. Neil Gaiman is a really good writer and there's no denying that fact. And even more so, he's a fantastic reader of his own audio books, and that more than anything is what pulls me into reading his books. I love listening to him. And that's pretty much how I feel about all of the books that I've read of his so far. The stories......they're okay. His voice.....excellent.
I've read several of Gaiman's books now, and I have to be in the right mood to read one. His stories are odd and I feel like they appeal to a certain type of audience, and I'm not necessarily one of those audience members. The stories themselves are not the type that really pull me in. They're somewhat creepy and dark and strange, and they're just not my favorite genre. But. Neil Gaiman is a really good writer and there's no denying that fact. And even more so, he's a fantastic reader of his own audio books, and that more than anything is what pulls me into reading his books. I love listening to him. And that's pretty much how I feel about all of the books that I've read of his so far. The stories......they're okay. His voice.....excellent.
Back into the audio bookbox it goes....!
Caught in the audio bookbox.
