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Not surprisingly, I loved the book more than the movie. Coraline is a wonderfully brave girl who goes forward when she's scared and not just her parents but three other captured children. The creepy fantasy is just the right amount of magic, lurking childhood fears, and courage. Other than the creepy subject matter, which is no worse than anything you'd read in the original Brothers Grimm fairy tales, there's nothing objectionable in this book. I think the thing I love most is how Gaiman capture
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Back in 2009 I was watching the movie when I learned it was based on a book by Neil Gaiman. Oops. Normally I like to read the book first, then see the movie. Oh well, onward.
Reading the book in September 2016, after having watched the movie at least three times in the last seven years, turned out to be no less fun or any less scary. The movie follows the book closely, so there weren't many surprises, plot-wise, but the book ended up creeping me out more than the movie. Except for the button eyes ...more
Reading the book in September 2016, after having watched the movie at least three times in the last seven years, turned out to be no less fun or any less scary. The movie follows the book closely, so there weren't many surprises, plot-wise, but the book ended up creeping me out more than the movie. Except for the button eyes ...more
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