El océano al final del camino

I guess it is long for a novella, but short for a novel. That means there is not a lot of room to build up characters. The protagonist is a bookish but uncomplicated boy but e.g. the parents are mostly ciphers.

It's an engaging story, I finished it in a few sessions, something I don't do very often these days. It feel very English, and very Rural, which isn't what I remember of Gaiman. It doesn't really break any new ground, but it well crafted, and the setting is more completely related than the characters.

It does have some scenes that would probably give sensitive souls (and children) nightmares.

A truly charming tale that kept me intrigued the entire time. Though a child of the 70s as opposed to the 60s I still saw enough in the joy of my childhood in Neil's world that the world touched my soul in wonderful ways.

This is a magical little tale, told from the perspective of a young man remembering his childhood, when he befriended a strangely ageless young girl living in a farm at the end of his lane. She - and her mother and grandmother (maiden, mother, and crone) - keep slippery and dangerous things from other realms at bay. However, one of these beings slips through (partly due to the boy's actions), and it begins to make his life a misery.

I sped through this book, partly because it is quite short, and partly because the plot and the characters drag you along for the ride. It evokes a lot of feelings from childhood - particularly of powerlessness in the face of the actions of adults - but also that feeling that everything is possible.