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I am pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this novel -- quick satisfying young adult fantasy/supernatural tale.
"It takes a graveyard" to raise a suddenly orphaned baby (re-named Nobody 'Bod' Owens by his adopted dead parents). Silas, another mysterious denizen of this abandoned graveyard-cum-nature preserve, agrees to be the boy's guardian and provide food and clothing for Bod, since the other ghost residents are unable to leave the grounds.
Each chapter covers an incident or memorable moment in ...more
"It takes a graveyard" to raise a suddenly orphaned baby (re-named Nobody 'Bod' Owens by his adopted dead parents). Silas, another mysterious denizen of this abandoned graveyard-cum-nature preserve, agrees to be the boy's guardian and provide food and clothing for Bod, since the other ghost residents are unable to leave the grounds.
Each chapter covers an incident or memorable moment in ...more
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
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great little story. read it during the flight home from Taipei to SFO. biased favorably as a Neil Gaiman fan, but so far have liked everything I've read of his. ...more
great little story. read it during the flight home from Taipei to SFO. biased favorably as a Neil Gaiman fan, but so far have liked everything I've read of his. ...more
9/21/2015 - 9/10
The Graveyard Book was a fun fantasy / children's book. It was reminiscent of The Jungle Book, except instead of the abandoned child being raised by animals, the child is raised by ghosts and mystical creatures in a graveyard. The book is written as a bunch of mini adventures that all related to the child (Nobody) growing up and figuring out who killed his family. I thought the characters were well done, the story was gripping, the plot twists were interesting and the ending was ...more
The Graveyard Book was a fun fantasy / children's book. It was reminiscent of The Jungle Book, except instead of the abandoned child being raised by animals, the child is raised by ghosts and mystical creatures in a graveyard. The book is written as a bunch of mini adventures that all related to the child (Nobody) growing up and figuring out who killed his family. I thought the characters were well done, the story was gripping, the plot twists were interesting and the ending was ...more
very enjoyable. 4.321*
the other side of urban fantasy. far from horror and closer to thriller and adventure for me.
lesson learnt:
human is the real monsters, and ghouls. werewolves and vampires and winged mummies are the good guys. XD
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another pinjeman dari cynthia :)
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the other side of urban fantasy. far from horror and closer to thriller and adventure for me.
lesson learnt:
human is the real monsters, and ghouls. werewolves and vampires and winged mummies are the good guys. XD
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another pinjeman dari cynthia :)
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Feb 28, 2010
Michael
marked it as to-read
May 26, 2010
Jay Crossler
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Darlene
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Shelves:
fiction,
young-adult,
paranormal,
mystery,
children,
fantasy,
kindle-wishlist,
hardback,
ghosts,
audible-wishlist
Apr 11, 2011
Tine Mauer
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
read-and-own,
read-in-2011
Dec 30, 2011
Ellen Johansen
marked it as to-read
Jul 18, 2012
O'Rissa
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Aug 12, 2013
Pam DelVerne
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Miki
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Feb 07, 2015
Denise
marked it as a-book-dump
