Neverwhere begins by developing the protagonist named Richard Mayhew. He is an ordinary man who moved to London for his work. He has a fiancee who is a completely horrid woman who thinks of him as an accessory. He in awe of her beauty just followers her in ignorance of her evil. Then another side of the story starts. There is a girl who is running from twp men who intend to kill her. She has a power to open any door and teleport through them to other places. She gets stabbed and runs through a door freeing herself from her attackers but using the rest of her energy to do so. An unexpected event occurs as Richard is walking with Jessica to have dinner with Jessica's boss. He encounters a severely dirty and injured woman on the street, Jessica merely steps over the bleeding, dying woman. Richard as he is actually human could not do this. Jessica yells at him to stop and leave her otherwise their engagement is off. Richard merely picks up the young woman turns and walks away, leaving little miss horrible all teared up. Its about time her left the witch.But the girl named Door doesn't just have her life saved but she completely flips another's life upside down. He then enters a place he never knew existed... London Below. I just got into this other world but it is unlike any other book or story I've read or heard.
Monday, January 13, 2014
first 1/3 of Neverwhere
Neverwhere begins by developing the protagonist named Richard Mayhew. He is an ordinary man who moved to London for his work. He has a fiancee who is a completely horrid woman who thinks of him as an accessory. He in awe of her beauty just followers her in ignorance of her evil. Then another side of the story starts. There is a girl who is running from twp men who intend to kill her. She has a power to open any door and teleport through them to other places. She gets stabbed and runs through a door freeing herself from her attackers but using the rest of her energy to do so. An unexpected event occurs as Richard is walking with Jessica to have dinner with Jessica's boss. He encounters a severely dirty and injured woman on the street, Jessica merely steps over the bleeding, dying woman. Richard as he is actually human could not do this. Jessica yells at him to stop and leave her otherwise their engagement is off. Richard merely picks up the young woman turns and walks away, leaving little miss horrible all teared up. Its about time her left the witch.But the girl named Door doesn't just have her life saved but she completely flips another's life upside down. He then enters a place he never knew existed... London Below. I just got into this other world but it is unlike any other book or story I've read or heard.
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