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This is a story of a young boy named Bod (short for Nobody) whose family is killed by a mysterious “Man named Jack” when he was a baby. Bod crawls away and escapes to safety in a graveyard, where he is taken in and raised by ghosts and other creatures of the night. But even as time goes by, Bod’s family’s killer is still around and looking for him, and he doesn’t leave jobs unfinished.
Like many people, I wanted to hate this book. But I didn’t. Granted, it’s not my favorite book ever, but it’s pr ...more
Like many people, I wanted to hate this book. But I didn’t. Granted, it’s not my favorite book ever, but it’s pr ...more
This is a great story. I liked the multi-faceted world of the graveyard and the complicated place that Bod inhabits. The story is scary, special and touching all in one. It is a creative coming of age tale about an orphan who is adopted into unusual circumstances. His parents and guardians are characters worth getting to know.
Coming of age story of a boy who grows up in a graveyard.
Huh. I am not sure about this. When I think about it reading it (which was yesterday) I have a favorable impression of it. Like basically everything Neil Gaiman does, it was clever and well-written and slyly funny. But... I don't even know what my "but" is. Somehow it just didn't grab me as much as other Gaiman books have. Ah well, you can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time?
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I can see why it earned the awards it did. Fantastic!
I enjoyed so many things about this book--I loved the fresh setting, each of the graveyard characters from history, and the campy humor. My one complaint has to do with the resolution at the end. I felt like Gaiman had built up the tension (so much so that I dreamed about a dark man) intensely and then the explanation for why Bod needed to die just seemed weak. Other than that one thing, I loved this novel!
fun, light, interesting read. i for one was completely shocked by the "twist." and in the end, all of this is exactly what i want in a book such as this.
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The first time I read this book, I couldn't put it down. Just over two hours.
The next day, I read it again. Yes, it really is that good. ...more
The next day, I read it again. Yes, it really is that good. ...more
I had forgotten how much I enjoy Gaiman's writing. I will have to read the rest of his books now. :)
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