Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

After I bought this novel, I read the back, and there were three reviews of the book. All three of them said that the book was creepy/scary. Here is the plot:


When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.

But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.



I admit, though I thought this book was a little child-ish, it scared me a little. I had to stop about fifty pages in and take a break from reading because it started getting creepy and I don't normally read creepy books. I thought Neil Gaiman did a good job writing this and it made me want to read more of his books. It was a fast-read because it was only 162 pages, but it felt longer because of the strange content. Overall, I recommend this if you haven't read it, but if you really don't want to read it, you don't have to.



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