Neverwhere

After having enjoyed Nobody Owen's Story in the Graveyard Book, I became interested in reading Neil Gaiman's other works. I picked up this book, entitled Neverwhere, without expecting it to be another breakthrough and at the same time expecting to be marvelled. The fact of the matter is, even though I have heard Neil Gaiman's name for quite a number of times in the past few years, I have never had the chance to read his works. It was only very recently, thanks to free access to books here in Wellington.

Neverwhere was a bizarre adventure in a world that exists with our world, and at times even intertwines with our reality, but only for fleeting moments that we take notice, and then we don't. Situated in London, or rather London Above and London Below, the main character becomes an unwilling resident in this other world, and tries to work his way towards regaining his former life and former world.
It was a very engaging read, and made the commute to and from work pass swiftly by. Wanting to learn more about this novel, I Googled for more information and learned that BBC actually came up with a TV series based on the book. And is this some stroke of luck or what... the Central Library also had a copy of this on DVD!

Unfortunately, the TV series was not as entertaining as the book itself. The characters were convincing enough and provided memorable performances (I still had not finished reading the book at that time and their faces changed those that I had imagined when I finished up the book), but the sets looked like... well, sets... and were not as majestic / realistic as I imagined it to be.

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