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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
Jun 30, 2011
Jojo
marked it as to-read
Nov 22, 2013
Nadine
marked it as wish-list
Mar 26, 2015
Lex
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