I think Neil Gaiman is a brilliant writer. 2. I love listening to Neil Gaiman narrate audiobooks. 3. I always WANT to love his fiction, but with the exceptions of Stardust and The Graveyard Book, I usually don't love his fiction. (Probably because it's a bit too dark and sad and twisted for what I prefer.) 4. But I DO love most of his non-fiction. And that holds true here.