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Ok I will admit at times I feel uncomfortable seeing reviews or even just people reading books by popular authors - STOP - dont get me wrong they can be amazing I just feel that I would be following everyone else blindly heaping praise just so I can be seen to be following the trend.
Well sorry to disappoint - I am going to be joining those masses in following the joy and praise of reading Neil Gaiman. I read this book in an evening while trying to complete another of the Bromiliad (think thats ...more
Well sorry to disappoint - I am going to be joining those masses in following the joy and praise of reading Neil Gaiman. I read this book in an evening while trying to complete another of the Bromiliad (think thats ...more
One of Neil Gaiman's many talents as an author is his ability to take characters and plot elements that would normally seem utterly creepy, and create contexts in which the reader sees them from a whole new direction altogether and they become something else entirely.
He puts this talent to good use in this story, a refreshingly different flight of fantasy in which the dead can be tender and kind, and where coming of age encompasses an epic battle between good and evil - only good doesn't always ...more
He puts this talent to good use in this story, a refreshingly different flight of fantasy in which the dead can be tender and kind, and where coming of age encompasses an epic battle between good and evil - only good doesn't always ...more
For a book that starts out so darkly (three murders!) it was surprisingly enjoyable. The vignette-style chapters made for an easy read but not too disjointed that you forget the overall plot. Nobody Owens may have been raised in a graveyard but he could easily be any child anywhere.
The Graveyard Book is a young adult book written by Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline. Although it is a young adult book, adults will enjoy The Graveyard Book as well. The novel is about Nobody Owns a boy who is raised in a graveyard by ghosts after his parents are killed (the only 'scarey part'). The ghosts not only raise him but protect and teach him tricks to keep him safe. The book also have a number of very nice black and white illustrations!
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Dec 18, 2008
Ingrid
marked it as to-read
Mar 06, 2009
Jday
marked it as want-to-read
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Tomi
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Feb 28, 2010
Michael
marked it as to-read
Apr 11, 2011
Tine Mauer
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it was amazing
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O'Rissa
marked it as to-read
