neil gaiman the house at the end of the lane

What you were like, what was important to you back then and how things you can’t even remember affect who you are now. This story is about so many things, but amongst others, it is about trying to remember who you once were. Her face was wrong, somehow: an accidental assemblage of features that simply put me in mind of a human face, like the patterns in the headboard of the bed at my grandmother’s house, which, if I looked at them wrongly in the moonlight, showed me an old man with his mouth open wide, as if he were screaming. But everything was also just so weird and for the most part it could have been just a mildly spooky middle grade. The tags said horror, and there were some elements. For the longest time I had no idea what was going on or what to expect.

It took me a while to get used to it, though. It was fascinating, and dark, and immersive, and weird, and monstrous, and moving, and I need a reread. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman is a beautiful, magical story. But it touched me in the most unexpected ways, and I love it for it. In fact, it had some very hopeful and uplifting messages. Here’s a book that made me sob, and don’t bother asking me why because I have no idea. It didn’t seem to be any part of who I was now. I’d lived in that place, for a while, as a teenager. I stared at the house, remembering less than I had expected about my teenage years: no good times, no bad times. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – My Review

whimsical, nonsensical, otherworldly vibes.

dream-like (or rather – nightmarish) narration.

But he starts to remember now – close to the farm, a man had committed suicide, and his death unleashed darkness dangerous beyond anything anyone could imagine.īut Lettie seemed to understand what was going on, and she promised she will protect the boy and make everything right again… It is hard to believe he forgot the events of that time, as what happened was strange, terrifying, unexplainable and absolutely remarkable. Suddenly, he starts to remember the time when he was seven, when he met the girl who lived at that farm, Lettie Hempstock, who claimed her pond was an ocean. Here’s a difficult story to try and describe in a couple of paragraphs and without giving too much away.Ī middle-aged man goes back to his childhood home and is immediately drawn to the farm at the end of the lane.

Had you told me that I was seven again, I might have half believed you, for a moment. But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. I do not even think I would have remembered Lettie Hempstock’s name. If you’d asked me an hour before, I would have said no, I did not remember the way. RATED ON GOODREADS – 4.01 of 5 What It Is About GENRE – fantasy, paranormal, urban fantasy, horror The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – Book Details

Neil gaiman the house at the end of the lane