Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Staff Picks: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Adult Fiction Audiobook read by the author)

Neverwhere is a Neil Gaiman book written for adults. When I first heard that he was the reader I was skeptical, but he does a great job with multiple voices and accents, keeping them consistent throughout the 10 CD’s. Each CD starts and ends with a brief music interlude, a nice alert that it’s time to change CD’s. This story is about 2 Londons, the one we know and London below. Our protagonist Richard Mayhew discovers an injured young woman named Door on the sidewalk in London. By helping Door he soon becomes entangled in the dark world of London below. He feels utterly lost and not up to the task before him including rats that can communicate through humans, an evil pair that loves to inflict pain, a beast that roams the underground, an angel, and many other unimaginable things. Neverwhere is classic Neil Gaiman  as well as a classic story of good versus evil. It’s an entertaining story about an everyday person trying to cope with otherworldly situations.

Lola Nichols
Information Specialist