The Ocean at the End of the Lane

I read this as a little palate cleanser after a string of nonfiction/biography. I often find myself frustrated by Neil Gaiman. I love the ideas he plays with and returns to, but his execution and endings usually leave me wanting more.

I was so blown away by how good this little book is.

It shares DNA with David Mitchell's Black Swan Green and even a little more with Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time series. The protagonist of the book is seven years old, and I was shocked and moved by his ability to draw me back into that time when I was so small and had so little power and so little control and anything and anyone could become dangerous. I highly recommend.