A review by kbeucler
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

5.0

(Yes, I heard the news. Yes, I’m very disappointed about it.) This is still a masterpiece of contemporary fantasy. A man returns to his childhood neighbor’s pond, which she called an ocean, and remembers the events of his childhood when he and his neighbor had to fight inter-dimensional monsters. I feel like that wasn’t a good summary. It’s so much more than that. It’s so good. And it’s a frame narrative. For some reason, I’m really into frame narratives at the moment.