Coraline

Creepy, yet very comforting. I grew up watching the movie for the enjoyment, to fall asleep to, for background noise. This is one of my comfort movies. To read the book is entirely similar, but different story. The story telling, the descriptiveness was so jarring. I saw Other Mother, I smelt Other Mother, I felt Coraline's fear. What a remarkable novel. Dare I say, I wished they included every horror detail in the movie.

Pretty good. Sometimes the wording was a bit awkward to read. I would have liked a sequel.

Thank you, thank you, Mr. Gaiman. This has opened my eyes to something that Coraline was not seeing in her own little world and in her ordinary everyday life. The journey she took in the parody or the other world was immensely emotional, dark, and a bit eerie but it was also quite saddening. This made me think about my own life and how I too can change my perspective on the simplest things. Amazing work!
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QUOTES (My takeaways!)
• "Because when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave." - Coraline Jones
• "It is astonishing just how much of what we can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it I astonishing how fragile that can be." - Neil Gaiman
• "Sharper than a serpent's tooth is a daughter's ingratitude." - The Other Mother
• That being brave didn't mean you weren't scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did the right thing anyway." - Neil Gaiman
• "That's what I said." - these characters don't like repeating themselves!

I've never been able to get into the movie, really enjoyed the book. funny and descriptive. definitely an adventure.

If you are a fan of Coraline, I feel like you would love this book. It is a little different from the movie.