I was really excited about reading this book because of all the rave reviews it had had – Tori Amos likes it for God’s sake! However, I found it really uninteresting: the characters were so unlikeable and the main male character was such a drip.

I liked the idea of a London beneath the one we already know, but found the His Dark Materials trilogy did that whole multiple reality thing much more effectively.

Neverwhere is written like a graphic novel, you can almost see the drawings alongside the text as you read it. It really feels like a book waiting to be made into a film, and has none of the structural finesse of Philip K Dick or even J.K. Rowling.

I got bored with the book and found myself wishing it would all just go away.

I guess I just don’t get it.