Jessica's review
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!)
Jessica's review
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!)
Jessica's review
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read-in-2007
"The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring."
I really enjoyed this clever little novella, but then again, I enjoy mostly everything from Gaiman. This is a story of young Coraline (though often mistakenly, and to her despair, called Caroline) – a bored and curious girl who longs for an adventure. As is expected from Gaiman, the story contains comically eccentric characters, a talking cat, a sudden dark twist to an otherwise ordinary day, and one very stubborn main character.
Though intended for a young audience (indeed Gaiman originally set out to write this for his daughter), the story actually gets quite chilling (he does admit his daughter used to have a bit of Wednesday Addams about her). Kidnapped, soulless children trapped in a mirror, an Other Mother who looks like Coraline’s mother (except that her eyes are made of black buttons) a body-less hand stalking Coraline outside her window at night…creepy! But in a good way!
The writing itself is si...more
I really enjoyed this clever little novella, but then again, I enjoy mostly everything from Gaiman. This is a story of young Coraline (though often mistakenly, and to her despair, called Caroline) – a bored and curious girl who longs for an adventure. As is expected from Gaiman, the story contains comically eccentric characters, a talking cat, a sudden dark twist to an otherwise ordinary day, and one very stubborn main character.
Though intended for a young audience (indeed Gaiman originally set out to write this for his daughter), the story actually gets quite chilling (he does admit his daughter used to have a bit of Wednesday Addams about her). Kidnapped, soulless children trapped in a mirror, an Other Mother who looks like Coraline’s mother (except that her eyes are made of black buttons) a body-less hand stalking Coraline outside her window at night…creepy! But in a good way!
The writing itself is si...more
