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Honestly, next to American Gods, Anansi Boys, and his amazing latest, The Ocean At The End Of The Lane, this was my favorite of his novels. The film adaptation was also a largely compatible interpretation, albeit slightly less dark.
Jun 23, 2015
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4 stars for this re-read, and the edition in general. The new illustrations by Chris Riddell, while perfectly lovely, did not quite invoke the same feelings of terror as those of Dave McKean, and I feel like the story ultimately suffered for it. Had there been no illustrations at all, or had I gone into this without any prior experience with earlier editions of this book, this would still have been a good story. But I ...more
4 stars for this re-read, and the edition in general. The new illustrations by Chris Riddell, while perfectly lovely, did not quite invoke the same feelings of terror as those of Dave McKean, and I feel like the story ultimately suffered for it. Had there been no illustrations at all, or had I gone into this without any prior experience with earlier editions of this book, this would still have been a good story. But I ...more
I have read this one before, but read it again, out loud to my boys at bedtime. We loved it. Creepy and charming all at once.
Jun 30, 2011
Jojo
marked it as to-read
Nov 22, 2013
Nadine
marked it as wish-list
Mar 26, 2015
Lex
marked it as to-read
