Well. this is more like a 3.5. I didn't expect this to be as dark as it was, but then again I didn't know what to expect.

Everyone!! says have you read Neil Gaiman? I hadn't until we listened to the audiobook Fortunately the Milk. Which I found supremely hilarious and fantastical. So when Neverwehere crossed my path at work--I thought--why not. Reading the Author's notes at the beginning certainly made me excited.

The characters of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandermeer are the creepiest, evilist kind of villans. Especially Mr. Croup. My own imagination has done wonder for these guys, I can't envision how they were portrayed on a TV show, it just wouldn't do them justice. But then again--make up artists and special effects are really good.

I didn't really care for Richard Mayhew. He just seemed to be floating along in life, playing it safe, never taking risks.

Door on the other hand, I would have loved to find out more about her and the life before her family was killed. How were they openers? What other special powers did other citizens of London Underground have. And the Marquis and his brother--there is definitely a story there. What made Islington turn evil? This would have made the book much more interesting to me. Not that I wasn't interested, I kept reading it after all.