The Graveyard Book in SciFi and Fantasy Book Club

Jan 06, 2021 lookmairead rated it really liked it · review of another edition

What a clever take on grief. I can see why this book would stick in people’s hearts.

This feels like a sincere hug if/when you’re mourning and/or a gentle shove to remind you to embrace life (even in a pandemic).
Easy read, make sure your teenager has this on their shelf.

4/5

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Dec 10, 2008 K.S.R. rated it it was amazing

I just started reading Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. Orson Scott Card told me Gaiman is his all-time favorite author. Now I know why. I look forward to reading more. Right now. Goodbye. ...more

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Mar 27, 2009 Charlotte rated it really liked it

There is a lot of depth to this book. Each little vignette feels like there is a novel behind it and every character has a history. There is a lot left for the reader to infer and read into, making this a satisfying read for people of all ages. For a creepy book of ghosts, assassinations, and revenge, there is also plenty of heart. Bod's growth into young-adulthood is believable and earnest. His choices aren't always straight-forward and almost always require some sacrifice. His relationship wit ...more

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Feb 10, 2009 The Flooze rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, owned, tales_for_tots_to_middle_grade, vanquished_2010, urban-fantasy-paranormal

**4.5**

A coming-of-age tale filled with imagination and life. From its terrifying beginning to its bittersweet end, The Graveyard Book is a delight. Nobody Owens is a sweet, perceptive and inquisitive boy and although he spends his childhood among the dead, he learns more about living than most people ever do.

Neil Gaiman can always be relied upon to captivate and entertain. In The Graveyard Book he once again flexes his talent, creating a unique world of fear and excitement, intrigue and discov ...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, dark-fantasy, found-family

Dark but touching coming-of-age fantasy. The book begins with the (off-stage) murder of a toddler's family, his inadvertent escape from the murderer into a graveyard, and the ghosts there adopting him as one of their one. The subsequent chapters are essentially short stories linked loosely together by the boy's growing up and by the lurking menace that killed his family. The author credits numerous re-readings of Kipling's The Jungle Book in his Afterword.

Sympathetic main character, fun dark qui ...more

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Sep 13, 2009 Kasi rated it it was amazing

Ok so I am pre-disposed to giving Gaiman five stars but I LOVED this book. Well-written (of course) and a great story. I love his twisted stories. But seriously, has he ever written a bad book?

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Jan 22, 2009 Ryan Mac rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, fall-challenge-2009

Since it won so many awards last year, I figured that I better give it a try and I REALLY liked this book. I listened to the audiobook read by Neil Gaiman and it was excellent. The Graveyard Book might be a children's book but it was pretty dark in certain spots although not unlike the hints of danger and violence in the Harry Potter books.

The story begins with the murder of a family except for the baby who wanders into a graveyard. The residents of the graveyard decide to protect the baby (whom ...more

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