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Free copy of Proximity Factor this July, no reviews required. Just enjoy.
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I'm glad I didn't re-read this right before the movie came out, because the movie isn't really very much like the book. I think that would have irritated me, but it had been so long since I read the book that I was able to enjoy the movie for what it was - and the movie is good, but the book is better!
Coraline is an imaginative young girl who's grown bored with her summer vacation and who doesn't get much attention or support from her preoccupied parents. In exploring the new house they have mov ...more
Coraline is an imaginative young girl who's grown bored with her summer vacation and who doesn't get much attention or support from her preoccupied parents. In exploring the new house they have mov ...more
Coraline is bored with her parents, her neighbors, her life. When she walks through a mysterious door, she comes to an alternate universe where a mirror image of her parents “other mother” and “other father”, who have black buttons for eyes, have kidnapped Coraline’s parents and want to keep Coraline for their own! Can Coraline escape this strange and creepy world and save her family?
This was a very well written book with beautifully disturbing language and rich imagery. That being said, the sto ...more
This was a very well written book with beautifully disturbing language and rich imagery. That being said, the sto ...more
