Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Mónica Faerna, Patrick Marcel, Lluís Delgado, Oriol Hernández
2013·224 pages
A man revisits his childhood home, recalling a magical and terrifying past with a remarkable girl. A dark fantasy of memory and danger.
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A man revisits his childhood home, recalling a magical and terrifying past with a remarkable girl. A dark fantasy of memory and danger.
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A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, t...
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Moderate violence with some body horror and brief violent scenes.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Witchcraft / occult
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Major magical elements with fantasy spellcasting and mysterious forces.
Political content
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No political or ideological messaging depicted.
Self-harm / suicide
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Moderate depiction of suicide with an on-page event.
Sexual assault
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No sexual assault or coercion depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor depiction of child endangerment and emotional distress.
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