Written by Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere is an urban fantasy novel that sometimes amuses with its whimsical world but it’s constantly dragged down by its annoying protagonist. Offering a funny but problematic story, the novel is far from being one of the author’s best works.
Neverwhere accompanies Richard, a young English man who lives a quiet life, pretending to be happy with his office job and his abusive girlfriend. One night, however, he comes across a mysterious girl wounded in the street and decides to help her, to the protests of his girlfriend, Jessica. The next day, Richard realizes that having helped that girl may have cost him dearly: now, no one else in town seems [...]