by Neil Gaiman
I do like this book. Neil Gaiman calls it "refreshingly creepy" and "a story that children experienced as an adventure, but which gave adults nightmares." I don't know about the nightmares, but it's certainly creepy and I wouldn't let small children read it...
Coraline is about a girl named Coraline who lives with her loving but disinterested parents in a large house divided into several flats. The neighbors are either fairly odd or certifiably insane, depending on your point of view.
Coraline is an explorer. But one day, she comes across the dilemma that all explorers encounter: it's raining and she's not allowed out. After Coraline counts all the windows in the flat, visits the crazy neighbors, lists everything blue, and is STILL about to die of boredom, she remembers the door in the drawing room that is said to lead nowhere...
(But come on, I mean, we've all read Narnia.)
Behind the door is a world where everything is better, or at least more interesting. And behind the door is another mother who wants to keep Coraline forever.
One of the things I like most about this book is Coraline herself. She's just a great character. As for the rest, it's certainly imaginative. An adventure. I think it's meant to be a sort of horror fairy tale.
Don't ask me if the movie is better. I haven't seen it.
But hey, nice movie poster!
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I do like this book. Neil Gaiman calls it "refreshingly creepy" and "a story that children experienced as an adventure, but which gave adults nightmares." I don't know about the nightmares, but it's certainly creepy and I wouldn't let small children read it...
Coraline is about a girl named Coraline who lives with her loving but disinterested parents in a large house divided into several flats. The neighbors are either fairly odd or certifiably insane, depending on your point of view.
Coraline is an explorer. But one day, she comes across the dilemma that all explorers encounter: it's raining and she's not allowed out. After Coraline counts all the windows in the flat, visits the crazy neighbors, lists everything blue, and is STILL about to die of boredom, she remembers the door in the drawing room that is said to lead nowhere...
(But come on, I mean, we've all read Narnia.)
Behind the door is a world where everything is better, or at least more interesting. And behind the door is another mother who wants to keep Coraline forever.
One of the things I like most about this book is Coraline herself. She's just a great character. As for the rest, it's certainly imaginative. An adventure. I think it's meant to be a sort of horror fairy tale.
Don't ask me if the movie is better. I haven't seen it.
But hey, nice movie poster!
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For: older kids
Content rating: 4/5 This is sort of hard to say. It isn't that there's bad stuff so much as it...it just isn't entirely benign. The evil is a little too accurate for a childrens' story. Of course, that's my take and I rarely read spooky stories.
My enjoyment: 3.5/5
Content rating: 4/5 This is sort of hard to say. It isn't that there's bad stuff so much as it...it just isn't entirely benign. The evil is a little too accurate for a childrens' story. Of course, that's my take and I rarely read spooky stories.
My enjoyment: 3.5/5
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