I first came across the book in 2017, bought it and was immediately hooked by the story.
Years passed, and when they announced the casts for the series, I was skeptical (I’m not a big movie/TV person) as I knew nothing about Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
Decided to give it a try, and boy, it’s so good. Everyone is so perfectly casted.
Gaiman’s novel “Neverwhere” is also super super good. A very average man enters a different world, faces challenges, seduction and love. The writing was superb, a perfect balance of humour and plot and action. One of the ‘classes’ of people in Neverwhere is the Velvet. The protagonist referred to her as a velcro. That was unexpectedly funny.
And what a bittersweet ending. I’m a sucker for this kind of endings. Stephen King also does these kinds of ‘breakup’ endings sometimes.
Side note, the movie Stardust was also really good. Also an “a very average man enters a different world, faces challenges, seduction and love.” kind of story, but it’s the details that make a movie/story.
Try Gaiman’s American Gods. It has a pretty slow buildup, but once you’re in, you’re in. I’ll see if I can find the book Neverwhere. Stardust is a fun movie.
Oh yeah American Gods was pretty good too. I loved the little side storied about other gods. There was one who was a prostitute that ate a man, a jin that body swapped with a struggling businessman, and also something about an ancient god from the prehistoric age.
Stardust is a fun movie.
The first time i watched was in the cinema. I was so smitten by the pretty star lol. The next time i watched w was with my gf. It was torrented and we watched on a computer… we didn’t finish watching lol
Actually reading the book right now for the first time! I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it so far.
I did watch the show when it first aired so I'm struggling not to picture Tennant and Sheen in the main parts but i think they did a pretty good job so I'm not too worried.
It's my first Gaiman book but umpteenth Pratchett. I think a second TV series without TP will work better than a second book would've done.
I know right. I love it! That scene at the paintball arena. Angel was like 🥺🥺 devil could u help me with the stain. So cute 🥺🥺🥺🥺 Can’t wait for season 2.
I’m genuinely worried about II. Not because I don’t think Gaiman can go it alone, but because the original had an unstable insanity to it that will be difficult to continue without being ridiculous for ridiculous’ sake.
He actually co-authored the book with the late Terry Prachette. They had plans for a sequel, but that didn’t pan out as PTerry was afflicted by dementia.
The first season is based entirely on the book that’s cowritten with Terry Pratchett. How you feel about the second season that’ll be entirely from him and despite early assurances there won’t be more, depends on how you think he is as a writer. I think he’s matured, but certainly the book was a favourite that counted him as a writer because he had Pratchett to humanize and bring down the stakes to what I consider to be his storytelling tics to be clever and a bit grand.
(that said, despite my issues with the series, for a lot of reasons, it’s probably the best adaptation of a Pratchett story because on the other hand his characters don’t seem to survive transition to visual media, e.g. the Discworld shows)
Oh my goodness. I’ve read that book 3 times but somehow I totally forgot that he wrote it with Pratchett. Embarassing. I really did enjoy the first season, though. I have high hopes for the second.
Yeah I agree, the thing that makes the book so good is the tag-team between Pratchett and Gaiman, Pratchett was amazing at mixing humor and seriousness like a true comedian. No offense towards Gaiman of course, but even if it's good it'll probably feel like something is missing, because it is.
While it was never written, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gailman talked about the second book all through the night whenever they shared hotel room while promoting the first book. It’s somewhere on Neil’s tumblr where he said that.
So while it is only Neil that wrote the second season, i think he’d know what Terry wanted out of it too.
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