Review: Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

I listened to Neil Gaiman read this as an audiobook which was just perfect. I. Loved. This. Book.
Since discovering Charles de Lint many years ago I’ve been a huge fan of urban fantasy: where a fantastic world co-exists with ours, but we are too blind to see it.
Our hero, Richard Mayhew, finds himself in London Below, after rescuing an injured child, and before he knows it, he’s up to his neck in danger and adventure. This London is populated with ghosts, and angels, and monsters, and many unsavoury characters. But Richard also meets characters who are loyal and true - and discovers so much about himself that would never have materialised in London Above.
Gaiman paints a vivid landscape, with many London landmarks suddenly seen in a very different light. I loved how he made the familiar and ordinary, extraordinary.
I definitely recommend this to all fantasy lovers, and also to the sceptics - it could change your mind!

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