“What i'm marveling about this book is that it made me fall in love with it without me realizing it. I was hooked with the first chapter knowing that this book will give me a satisfying and different experience. The next chapters are short stories, adventures on their own with lessons to be learned at each end which are quite remarkable; nothing exceptional though. I was starting to lose faith, started thinking that maybe this one was just another read.
Then came the INTERLUDE or The Convocation which piqued my interest once more. From then on, there was no putting down the book. I was surprised to notice that lumps were forming in my throat a couple of times towards the end at that was when i realized that i totally love this story. The earlier chapters he had painstakingly laid out to build the foundation of what's going to happen at the end. It's like a Sleer has wrapped its coils lazily around me and claimed me and there was no escaping it.
Neil Gaiman has woven and breathed life onto a graveyard. His characters: mysterious and lovable, his storyline: simply wonderful, his great talent in story telling from beginning to end: impressive and undeniable.
I'm having a hard time choosing which characters i'm most fond of because they all deserve to be recognized, but i think Silas, Miss Lupescu and Liza Hempstock made the most impression on me. Especially Ms. Lupescu, there's nothing about her that i did not love. *forces lump back down throat*
There. I even managed to make a lreview, goes to show how much i love it. ^_^
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welski wrote this review Tuesday, February 23, 2010.
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