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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Start date: December 21, 2011

Finish date: December 30, 2011

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Jun 01, 2011 Haze rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, 2022-books-read

This was a reread for a book club. I read it some years ago, I don't remember when, but I didn't like it very much then. I didn't not like it, but it just wasn't one of my favorite Gaiman books.

I enjoyed it more this time, but not much more, until we had our book club discussion for the book. One of the things I love most about reading books with a book club is how we get to see things from other people's POVs, and it has really opened my eyes to a lot of the things I was originally had issues ...more

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Oct 06, 2009 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: listened-to

What a wonderful story to listen to! Especially as narrated by Neil Gaiman. He is the perfect voice for telling the story of Bod, the boy raised by the ghosts in the graveyard he wandered into as a baby after his family was killed in their house.
I enjoyed listening to the small details of how the ghosts decided to raise Bod, how to get him food and how to educate him. The graveyard is full of ghosts from all eras, including the time of Roman Empire occupation through somewhat present day. Bod e ...more

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Feb 16, 2009 Joyce rated it liked it

I've been hooked on Neil Gaiman ever since I read "American Gods." Here he creates another intriguing world just a bit "off" from the one we inhabit. Bod Owens is the coolest kid since Harry Potter. His adventures in the graveyard are a hoot and yet there is a wistfulness about him that tugs at the heartstrings. There is, however, some pretty scary stuff in here, so read it yourself before you read it with your kids. ...more

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