Coraline in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Oct 25, 2009 Beth Given rated it did not like it

"Now a Major Motion Picture in 3-D: READ IT before you SEE IT!" is the advertisement stuck on the cover of the edition of Coraline I checked out from the library.

Um, thanks for the warning!

This has gotten mixed reviews by my Goodreads friends. I decided that the plot sounded intriguing enough. Creepy, yes, but I kind of like being creeped out a little by books sometimes. And it was so short ... sure; I'd give it a try. (Guess I am just as bad as Coraline, opening doors out of sheer curiosity des ...more

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Apr 29, 2009 jess rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009, fiction, yaf

I really should have read this book before I watched the movie, but I always do things backwards from what would suit me best. In any case, there's often a line at the library when a movie-based-on-a-book comes out, and so I wait, and wait. And here I am, reading Coraline in April.

In any case, I thought the story was much better than the movie. Coraline is a little girl, newly transplanted to a spooky old house populated by exactly the sort of eccentric neighbors you might dream of - on the low ...more

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Mar 27, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: halloween-25

A little girl moves to a new apartment with her parents. The parents are busy and Coraline is bored. There's only old folks living in the house. One day she finds a door. There's just a wall behind the door. But later the door is open and there is no wall there... she goes in and...

I'm just saying that rats are excellent diggers and can chew their way through any wood.

I love almost everything by Neil Gaiman. ...more

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Mar 16, 2016 Yusra Asaad rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-stars

This is the story of Coraline, yeah not Caroline but Coraline :)

She moves with her parents to a new house that is divided to four apartments. She loves to explore, so one day she finds a door in their house that opens to a brick wall.. on the other side is the empty apartment that is not rented yet.. When she comes to explore a second time.. she finds the door having no bricks anymore instaed it leads to the other apartment so she goes it to discover a whole new world.

Then her parents go missing ...more

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Sep 19, 2015 Robyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gothic

Neil Gaiman's beloved tale of an eccentric girl named Coraline. When Coraline moves into a strange dilapidated mansion, she decides to go exploring. What she discovers is another world, designed to be a fantastical version of her own, with another mother who is determined to keep Coraline for her own. As always, Gaiman's use of language is beautiful, and the hazy nightmarish quality of the other world is captivating. Although it is undeniably creepy, there is no real violence or gore, making thi ...more

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Oct 16, 2018 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it it was amazing

Shelves: library, audio-books, read-in-2018

That was a delightfully creepy little story.

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Jul 22, 2008 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2009-read

This was a wonderful, creepy story. I'd recommend it to kids and adults looking for a quick, fun read. The illustrations in the book were a perfect match for the mood of the story. I read an interview of the author in which he noted that it took him over ten years to write this book. The story has a slow and deliberate feel that may partly come from the slow writing process. ...more

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