I'm quite torn about how to rate this book. One the one hand i suffered through 400 pages of only moderately engaging content. On the other hand after i made it teo thirds through the book it finally picked up.
My favourite thing about this book has to be the detailed groundwork that Gaiman laid and how carefully the tale is crafted. (All it needed was one sentence and the plot of Mr. World suddenly became clear to me)
And I adore the final pages and the postscript.
While I wasn't engaged in the plot and what was happening I'm still glad I stuck with the story because the final part was the bestof the entire thing.