An odd and strange book that mixes big old mythological ideas and characters with a small and personal setting in the English countryside from a seven year-old's memory. I enjoyed it, even though it lacks the epic awesomeness of so many other Gaiman novels. There is no slow build-up as multiple antagonists travel across the world or through multiple dimensions to battle it out - the most powerful scene is (view spoiler)[just a boy sitting in his garden at night, singing songs to keep the demons out while he waits for his friend. It was nostalgic, and in the end, damned heartbreaking. (hide spoiler)]