Rating: 3/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 A family was murdered in their home, but they didn't get the toddler. This toddler manages to leave the house and walk to a nearby graveyard to get away. There, he sees some people, but they aren't ordinary people. They're dead - the people buried in the graveyard. Recognizing that this young boy is helpless and has nowhere to go, Mr. and Mrs. Owens adopt him into the graveyard and name him Nobody. And thus Nobody (B0d) Owens begins his life as the first live inhabitant of the graveyard, exposed to all the paranormal and supernatural happenings that happen there. 
 As my first Neil Gaiman novel, I'm not disappointed. What I disliked about the book had more to do with the style and format of the book, but I really liked the writing itself. It flowed well and sounded natural, so I'd definitely be willing to try another Gaiman novel. What I didn't like was that it was essentially a young adult novel written like a childrens' novel. I have nothing against childrens' novels, but it just felt weird to me how murder and stalking and things of that nature were written in that style. 
 What I also disliked was how disjointed the story felt to me. I prefer novels with a central plot, or at the very least there is some sort of goal in mind, however broad. This novel pinpointed interesting moments in Bod's life, and those moments would make up a chapter of the novel. This made for strange time jumps and gaps in knowledge. 
 Overall, I did enjoy the book aside from the issues I had with the style of it. The writing was fantastic, the mystery aspect of it was interesting, and I liked the concept of the graveyard and its strange traditions. I think next time I'll go for one of Gaiman's adult novels, and will hopefully get the same writing with a more plot heavy story. If you don't mind books that are more character-driven than plot-driven, you'll probably enjoy this book more than I did.