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designatedbanana's review
fast-paced
5.0
As with most books that stay on my currently reading shelf for a long time, it's not that the book actually took me awhile to read it's that I got to the last 20ish pages and didn't want it to end.
This is a great book to completely read through once then use for reference. I have a lot of the short stories in other forms that I don't want to annotate so I used this as a way to write notes and mark my favorite stores so I can go back to them easily.
I think this book is a great investment for anyone that is a fan of Neil Gaiman, it's a great way to read a bunch of short stories that may not have gone into Trigger Warning or Smoke and Mirrors, and it has some experts from his books that are a fun little reminder of how amazing those books are.
This is a great book to completely read through once then use for reference. I have a lot of the short stories in other forms that I don't want to annotate so I used this as a way to write notes and mark my favorite stores so I can go back to them easily.
I think this book is a great investment for anyone that is a fan of Neil Gaiman, it's a great way to read a bunch of short stories that may not have gone into Trigger Warning or Smoke and Mirrors, and it has some experts from his books that are a fun little reminder of how amazing those books are.
thebanhammer's review
4.0
A great book especially if you are a Neil Gaiman fan. It is like a best-of album but, clearly, the stories were picked with great care and placed in a thoughtful order. I highly recommend it.
anaidelawless's review against another edition
4.0
Yes this was a little bit of a lot of different stories Neil Gaiman made and I think it was a good pick. All the stories were different, yet there was certain quality or let´s say weirdness that is typical for him. I enjoyed myself, but his stories are not for everyone. Some thing were weirdly disgusting, some were really interesting, some were a bit of both. I really like the way he builds fantasy so effortlessly without it feeling like he is telling us, rather he is showing us already established world. If you are like me and only dabbled in Neil Gaiman´s work, this is a good way to get yourself acquaintanced.
ogreart's review against another edition
5.0
Love Neil Gaiman! This was a terrific retrospective of his work. The fact that he narrates most of it was a selling point for me. Nothing from the Sandman universe, though. I thought that could have been part of it. But a little of almost everything else. Wonderful!
kimskim's review
I was slogging through this and DNF. Everything was just too vague for me and I wasn't very interested.
carolineroche's review against another edition
5.0
I love Neil Gaiman's writing, and this volume of short stories really highlights the wide range of styles Gaiman is capable of. From fantasy to science fiction, from children's stories to adult, this book ranges through his writing, and is a book to savour. It took me five months to read (it was a Christmas present) as I was savouring each story and didn't want them to finish.
ladyb_loves_books's review
5.0
As always, Neil Gaiman is a master storyteller. This anthology of short stories and excerpts is no exception. Wonderfully woven and perfectly spun to pull you into a world of fantasy and suspense, even horror.
ofearna's review
Foreword essay by Marlon James 5/23/2021
Preface essay 5/23/2021
We Can Get Them for You Wholesale 5/23/2021
I, Cthulhu
Nicholas Was ... 5/24/2021 (says no poems, so Neil doesn't consider this a poem)
Babycakes 5/24/2021
Chivalry 5/27/2021
Murder Mysteries 5/27/2021
Troll Bridge 5/29/2021
Snow, Glass, Apples 5/29/2021
Only the End of the World Again 6/6/2021
Don't Ask Jack 6/6/2021
Neverwhere (excerpt) 6/7/2021
The Daughter of Owls 6/7/2021
The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories 6/11/2021
The Price 6/11/2021
Shoggoth's Old Peculiar 6/12/2021
The Wedding Present 6/12/2021
When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼? 6/13/2021
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch 6/13/2021
Changes 6/14/2021
Stardust (excerpt) 6/14/2021
Harlequin Valentine 6/15/2021
American Gods (excerpt) 6/15/2021
Other People 6/16/2021
Strange Little Girls 6/16/2021
October in the Chair 6/17/2021
Closing Time 6/17/2021
A Study in Emerald 6/21/2021
Bitter Grounds 6/21/2021
The Problem of Susan 6/23/2021
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire 6/23/2021
The Monarch of the Glen 6/24/2021
The Return of the Thin White Duke 6/24/2021
Anansi Boys (excerpt) 6/25/2021
Sunbird 6/25/2021
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 6/26/2021
Feminine Endings 6/26/2021
Orange 6/28/2021
Mythical Creatures 6/27/2021
"The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." 6/27/2021
The Thing About Cassandra 6/28/2021
The Case of Death and Honey 7/2/2021
The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (excerpt)
Click-Clack the Rattlebag
The Sleeper and the Spindle
A Calendar of Tales
Nothing O'Clock
A Lunar Labyrinth
Down to a Sunless Sea
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
Black Dog
Monkey and the Lady
Preface essay 5/23/2021
We Can Get Them for You Wholesale 5/23/2021
I, Cthulhu
Nicholas Was ... 5/24/2021 (says no poems, so Neil doesn't consider this a poem)
Babycakes 5/24/2021
Chivalry 5/27/2021
Murder Mysteries 5/27/2021
Troll Bridge 5/29/2021
Snow, Glass, Apples 5/29/2021
Only the End of the World Again 6/6/2021
Don't Ask Jack 6/6/2021
Neverwhere (excerpt) 6/7/2021
The Daughter of Owls 6/7/2021
The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories 6/11/2021
The Price 6/11/2021
Shoggoth's Old Peculiar 6/12/2021
The Wedding Present 6/12/2021
When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼? 6/13/2021
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch 6/13/2021
Changes 6/14/2021
Stardust (excerpt) 6/14/2021
Harlequin Valentine 6/15/2021
American Gods (excerpt) 6/15/2021
Other People 6/16/2021
Strange Little Girls 6/16/2021
October in the Chair 6/17/2021
Closing Time 6/17/2021
A Study in Emerald 6/21/2021
Bitter Grounds 6/21/2021
The Problem of Susan 6/23/2021
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire 6/23/2021
The Monarch of the Glen 6/24/2021
The Return of the Thin White Duke 6/24/2021
Anansi Boys (excerpt) 6/25/2021
Sunbird 6/25/2021
How to Talk to Girls at Parties 6/26/2021
Feminine Endings 6/26/2021
Orange 6/28/2021
Mythical Creatures 6/27/2021
"The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." 6/27/2021
The Thing About Cassandra 6/28/2021
The Case of Death and Honey 7/2/2021
The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (excerpt)
Click-Clack the Rattlebag
The Sleeper and the Spindle
A Calendar of Tales
Nothing O'Clock
A Lunar Labyrinth
Down to a Sunless Sea
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
Black Dog
Monkey and the Lady