false 55273506 1936980 17061 0061139378 9780061139376 2355 <![CDATA[Coraline]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255716870m/17061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255716870s/17061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17061.Coraline 3.93 18181 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious.

What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson]]> 1221698 4.13 285062 26419 2002 4 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 11:08:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 12:38:17 -0700 2009
Update after finishing it:

I found the book really delightful. The ending few paragraphs were ...more...]]>