The Ocean at the End of the Lane

I saw Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane on Goodreads and decided to check it out. I've always enjoyed everything that I've read by Gaiman, but never been blown away by any of his novels. My feelings on this novel were in line with everything that I read by him: the prose is excellent, the concept is interesting, but it lacks any deep character development which stops me from loving it.

The novel is about a man who goes back to his childhood home and begins to recall memories of a girl that he knew when he was seven, Lettie Hempstock along with her mother and grandmother. The memory of what happened begins to unravel and a frightening story unfolds. It's a good story and is told beautifully, but never quite grabbed me. The novel is relatively short so it's definitely worth checking out. Fans of Gaiman's are likely to be satisfied with this quick read.