This is a brilliant and extraordinary fantasy set beneath London. When you travel on the Underground, you advised to ‘Mind the Gap’. The hero of this novel falls through such a gap in reality and lands in a slightly different London to the one he knows - Neverwhere. Here there is an Earl who holds court on a tube train, an angel called Islington and a host of villains, eccentrics and murderers. Exciting, hilarious and brilliantly-imagined.

It is surprising that I hadn’t read Neverwhere so when the Chris Riddell illustrated edition was published I had to get a copy. Not so surprising, this is brilliant and really there’s not much more to say.

Book club choice not a book I’d have picked up for myself. Thoroughly enjoyed getting lost in this very strange world. Neil Gaiman is an excellent story teller.

This was a fabulous read. Neil Gaiman (as usual) very quickly sucks you in to his view on the world - and it stays with you. I now walk past Centre Point and look up to see if I can see Old Bailey on the roof and I DEFINITELY "mind the gap between the train and platform" at tube stations!

I didn't think I could read a Neil Gaiman novel that was better than American Gods, it would appear I was very wrong. I immediately fell in love with this tale of London down the rabbit hole, infused with deep lashings of darkness and mystery. It is easy to understand that whenever someone utters the words 'urban fantasy' that the first person people think of is usually Mr. Gaiman. The characters are well rounded, with the lead, Richard, being the most interesting, long suffering character of them all, solely due to his shift in gear when faced with his own mortality. He is the only notable person from 'London Above', everyone else from this world is quite deliberately dull, ambition driven and decidedly unadventurous. This is in stark contrast to the beguiling world of 'London Below', a place where fantasy becomes real and all those folk that have slipped through the cracks of London coexist in a cut throat world of filth and wonder. The people that exist down here are equally as fascinating, curious and varied as they are dangerous, questionable and, well, quite bonkers. Gaiman toys with his readers preconceptions as he turns things on their heads and challenges the norm effortlessly. I was also quite pleased with the novel's ending, a very satisfying read indeed! All I can hope for now is a sequel, I would love to journey back into the darkness that is Neverwhere.