Coraline in Crazy Challenge Connection

May 19, 2020 Karen rated it liked it

Shelves: j-ya, audiobook

I didn't actually read this version of the book. I listened to a narration of it at the NYPL website. It was read by Neil Gaiman, LeVar Burton, Rosario Dawson, and Dakota Fanning. They each read a few chapters over the course of a week. A fun quarantine kind of thing!

I'm not much of a Gaiman fan - I just don't get him but I've always wanted to read Coraline. It was an interesting story but again, I didn't get it. Maybe I'm trying to read too much into his stories? I had lots of questions that d ...more

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Jul 09, 2020 Suraj rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It is always a thrilling experience to read books written by Neil Gaiman. I became a fan of his work when I first read - American Gods. Since then, all the books that I have read written by him, has only deepened my respect for the way he crafts his stories and the subject matter he writes on. Coraline is no exception. It is a short yet a fascinating story. I had a blast breezing through it. Fantastic.

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Dec 13, 2015 Carissa Brown rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

This is the first audio book that I have ever listened too. I really like the narrator he did a great job of keeping you interested and modifying his voice for the different characters.

Coraline was a little girl that loved to explore. One day she found a door that went to a brick wall in her house. Soon she started seeing strange things. Then one day her mom goes to the store and leaves Coraline home. As Coraline goes exploring she opens the door to discover the brick wall is gone on the other ...more

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Mar 10, 2009 Megalion rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: from-shelfari, year-read-2009

Yet again I fail to be wowed by Neil Gaiman. Try as I might, I just can't "discover" what makes people love him even though my tastes overlap his fans greatly.

It's a decent story but not all that either. ...more

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