I listened to this on audiobook, and it was my first completed audiobook as well as my first Neil Gaiman novel. But as such, I'm going to be talking a lot about how this succeeded in the audiobook medium.

WHAT I LIKED:
-It was a fairytale for grown ups! It was an original story that had all the fantastical elements of a children's story, while very much being for adults.
-The narration. Neil Gaiman narrated this story, and the man has a BEAUTIFUL speaking voice. It was so interesting to hear the writer reading his story as it must have sounded in his head. He did all of the voices so wonderfully and really pulled me in to the story.
-The timeline. The whole story takes place over many years, but we do not see every little event that takes place during that time. We feel the magnitude and scope of the story, without it being drawn out. I really enjoyed that it stuck the the important scenes instead of getting bogged down.
-How the story interwove. There were so many elements that were mentioned throughout the story that tied up very beautifully in the end to make a complete story. It didn't feel open ended at all.

WHAT I DISLIKED:
I honestly cannot think of anything I didn't enjoy.

Overall, I enjoyed this story very much. I'm not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much if I would have read it myself, but Gaiman's narration was excellent and pulled me in from the beginning. Fans of fairy tales and fantasy alike will enjoy this.