I decided to listen to this as an audiobook this time around. This is already one of my favorite stories and it was actually more enjoyable listening to Neil Gaiman read it himself. Since he wrote the book, he read different lines and characters in tones and accents than how I normally read them. It made the story a bit more lighthearted, and also made me tear up more at the end than I normally do. I love this book and I am so glad I was able to hear it read to me in the way the author intends because it really does transform how you perceive it. If you like old fairy tales, I implore you to read this!!