InterWorld
Written by Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Christopher Evan Welch
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
When Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created the bestselling YA novel InterWorld.
InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a very average kid who discovers that his world is only one of a trillion alternate earths. Some of these earths are ruled by magic. Some are ruled by science. All are at war.
Joey teams up with alternate versions of himself from an array of these worlds. Together, the army of Joeys must battle evil magicians Lord Dogknife and Lady Indigo to keep the balance of power between all the earths stable. Teens—and tweens and adults—who obsessively read the His Dark Materials and Harry Potter series will be riveted by InterWorld and its sequel, The Silver Dream.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/
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Readers find this title to be a magical and interesting story with a grand setting. Although some found the plot to be thin and the main character annoying, the overall big story is cool, creative, and fun to think about. There is a link to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe idea, which is a plus. Despite its flaws, readers recommend this book for its big picture story and its ability to make sense with the voices.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Con cu vo nguia nao áb án. Ạd a hd
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The characters didn’t catch my interest, and the plot was a bit too convoluted.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Decidedly mediocre, especially when considering that it comes from Gaiman whom I adore and expect better from.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exciting foray into a world and its shadow worlds. Non-stop action first-person narrated by an unlikely hero.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I am so happy to have discovered Neil Gaiman. I listened to his Master Class and then discovered his writing style by listening to books here.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I think I probably read this at the wrong age. :)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was cautious about this book, but then noticed it was by Neil Gaiman, so I knew i would love it. This really was a good book- recommended for grades 6 -9, but it was a very good introduction to another world and well thought out dimensions.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5By far the worst of Neil Gaiman's work. Put together rather haphazardly it seems.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it. I’m finishing the entire series. Lots of truth to it. :)
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tough to review. The overall big story is very cool, creative, and fun to think about. There's a link to the Hitchikers Guide to the universe idea in here as well, another plus.
On the down side, the main character is super annoying and whiny and I kept thinking that maybe he was going to grow up a bit and I waited for it to get better. It never did.
I recommend this book based solely on the big picture story unless you like hearing about a character being completely confused when the answers are so obvious. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed this book. I really felt connected to the main character and his initial confusion. I love how Gaiman showed Joey's growth from normal teenager to interdimensional super hero. I've read some of the other reviews that stated this book wasn't very good, but it's important to remember that this story wasn't initially intended to be a book. It was intended to be a television series, and I really wish it had made it as one. This book is meant to present a premise for an extended series of events. I would love to see more of the different Joey Harkers from different dimensions, and I would love to see him take his predecessor's place as a searcher for other Walkers.
This book was awesome! - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The plot is unfortunately thin for such a grand setting.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I will continue with the saga although at times it was a little bit slow.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I think I probably read this at the wrong age. :)
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I started reading InterWorld because it was on my "to-read" list of books by Neil Gaiman.The book starts with Joey Harker, a boy with an apparently bad sense of direction, being dropped into the middle of a city with a couple of his classmates. Upon getting separated from his classmates, Joey panics a bit and somehow manages to "walk" into a parallel reality.I typically enjoy Neil Gaiman's writing, but I couldn't really get into this book. The story was original, but I didn't feel that there was much dimension to the characters and the plot was a little convoluted.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An easy to read story about a teenager with the power of walking between parallel universes. The plot is quite simple and with not many surprises, anyway I liked it, I specially enjoyed the second half of the book.It is clearly a book meant for young readers, maybe for eleven-year-old kids or so. Not the best of Gaiman's and far from Coraline but entertaining.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is a magical and interesting story, I once wanted to read it when I was 12 and now I listened to it and it made more sense with the voices. I love it <3
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5InterWorld is a young adult novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves, dealing with the idea of parallel worlds. Joey is a Walker, meaning he can move between the worlds, something he discovers by accident when he gets lost during a class assignment, and stumbles into another version of Earth. On some Earths, science holds sway, others are controlled by magic and have winged people, or wolf people, or magicians. Two evil organizations, Binary and HEX, want to impose their control on the other worlds. Only InterWorld stands in their way, an organization of Walkers comprised totally of parallel world versions of Joey. It's an interesting idea, but I didn't warm to InterWorld as much as Gaiman's other work. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I didn't find it as charming or captivating as Odd and the Frost Giants, Coraline or the Graveyard Book. It's kind of neat to see all the alternate world versions of Joey, including a winged girl, a centaur, a wolf-girl, a cyborg, etc. but for all that I never really connected with him/them.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One day Joey Harker walks right out his own reality on Earth into an alternate reality. He finds out he is one of the Walkers, a group of people comprised of alternate Joeys from many alternate worlds who try to save the many worlds from destruction by the bad guys. This story really reminded me of StarGate SG 1 but instead of traveling to other planets they traveled to alternate realities. An interesting premise and a cute story complete with the requisite cute character, a mudluff who resembled a bubble. A fun, light read but nothing overly special. My copy states the intended age as 10+, though I would narrow that down further to the 10-12 age group.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I never expected myself to be DNFing a Neil Gaiman, but here we are. I just don't hear him in this. It's such a common story, and it utterly lacks Neil's magic.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5While not a series I think I will continue this was a funny and interesting adventure story with a cool cast. I found the plot to be a little predictable but not to the point of annoyance and did enjoy the book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is what happens when a short story concept gets published as a novel.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a fairly fun read. It's probably middle school aged level but still enjoyable for older kids and adults. Joey Harker accidentally Walks to another Earth and finds out that there are millions of other Earths. There are two empires trying to conquer all the Earths: the HEX (magic) and the Binary (science). There is also a group of hundreds of Joey Harkers from all different kinds of Earths trying to keep the balance in the multi-verse and prevent either empire from getting too powerful.
There were a few points that dropped it down from being great. Some plot points were far too easy accomplished or poorly explained. I also found the "training" chapters to be a bit boring. Overall, it was a fairly quick read and an interesting enough different vision of the universe. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was cautious about this book, but then noticed it was by Neil Gaiman, so I knew i would love it. This really was a good book- recommended for grades 6 -9, but it was a very good introduction to another world and well thought out dimensions.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is such a fascinating idea, and done really well. The characters are likable, the story moves at a very readable pace, and it's easy to get into, even if you don't tend to enjoy sci-fi.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Got this as an audio book that my daughter and I listened to on a long journey. Great book, very inventive. MY 7 year old loved it too.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5not Gaiman's best work; but a good read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces -- armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions. I actually listened to the audiobook, read by Christopher Evan Welch. First a little history: This originated as a TV show pitch, with both Gaiman and Reaves having done a fair bit of TV writing. When they didn't get any takers, they turned it into a novel *. I've wanted to read this for some time, because I am an unabashed Gaiman fangirl. I did attempt reading it once, but due to some bad timing, I didn't finish it. Unfortunately it has some really rather bad reviews, primarily from other unabashed Gaiman fans, disappointed this is a "not very Gaiman" book. I think, perhaps, that's being a little unfair. It is certainly not American Gods, or Ocean at the End of the Lane, but it's not a bad book either. Nor is it particularly groundshaking in subject matter: Joey is a teenager with a talent, there is a multiverse of similar and not-so-similar worlds, There are two opposing forces, neither particularly nice, warring over this multiverse, and Joey is coopted into a force dedicated to seeing that neither can win, and a balance is maintained. There is a bit of a unique twist as to who else makes up that balancing force, Interworld, but really, this is just a good solid adventure story. That manages to drop terms like geas and uncertainty principle straight into the same sentence, and have it work. I think this is one of several books that for me work better as an audio book, and I wonder if that's due to it's genesis as a script. It's dialogue heavy, even the exposition often takes the form of an internal monologue. That can be a little disjointed to read, but it makes for good audio, and I thought the narrator did a good job with accents and character voices, providing enough characterization that it was quite an enjoyable listen. It's also worth noting, this is not an adult novel. Although the protagonist, Joey Harker, is YA aged 15-16 during the course of the book, it's equally suitable for middle grade, or perhaps MG moving into YA book. There's no romance, but there is a level of violence and some horror elements, so I possibly wouldn't go too young with it. It's a short (for an audio book) listen, at 5 some hours. My youngest daughter, the same age as Joey, that is 15 going on 16, really enjoyed it. Although she's not at all averse to boys in theory, and one boy in particular, she doesn't enjoy much YA literature due to the heavy romance. For instance, she thinks The Fault in Our Stars is "ridiculously lovey dovey", so this was a win for her. And while she's certainly a fantasy fan, she mentioned that she particularly likes this kind of crossover between fantasy and sci-fi, describing it "like it lives on the same shelf as Douglas Adams and Doctor Who". Clearly most hard sci-fi fans would shelve this all the way over on fantasy, but I wouldn't - I'd call it a gateway drug, but in a good way. Similarly, a perennial complaint by adult readers is that much of Joey's training is glossed over with a couple of time skips, and we'd find them fascinating. When I discussed this with daughter she thought it was just fine "Why would I want to hear about his classes and school... I get enough school at school." So while it may not entirely work for everyone, it hit the sweet spot for her, and I guess she's the target audience more than I am. There are two followup books, one published, one due next year, but this works well as a standalone. Also a note as a parent: I appreciated reading a book where the protagonists family is a stable and loving one, you'd think from modern childrens/YA literature such a thing doesn't exist. Joey's mum and dad, although they don't have a big role in the story, seem much more real than any parents I've read about in a long long time. Ditto seeing a teenage boy depicted as having a loving (if occasionally frustrating) relationship with younger siblings. More of this please! Recommended for: Teenagers, particularly fantasy fans who might like some soft sci-fi. MG readers looking for something a little challenging. Gaiman fans who aren't expecting another Coraline, and anyone who doesn't mind getting magic dust all mixed up in their quantum physics. * After it was published as a novel, Dreamworks optioned it some years ago, but nothing's come of it yet. I think it'd make a great movie or tv series, and I also think, it'd make a really good Graphic Novel. I'm giving this a 3: I liked it quite well, and I'd happily read the rest of the series, but daughter says 4 from her, so splitting the difference for BL.(Review originally written 2014-11)
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love all things Gaiman! Excellent book!