The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman's prose is always wondrous. I'm amazed at how much mood and emotion he can create with the relatively simple descriptions. In this story, he takes the reader inside the mind of a seven year old boy, who is unnamed in the story. A border commits suicide in the family car, unleashing a terrible evil that only the boy can perceive. His only ally is eleven year old Lettie and her family who live near a pond at the end of the lane. Lettie Hempstock, her mother, and grandmother all seem to possess a power that can keep the evil at bay.

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