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Summary: A Scarey Tale for All Ages
Review: A funny and frightening story intertwined with fascinating pictures. This is the story of Lucy and the noises inside the walls of her house. She knows it's wolves, but when she tells each of her family members this, they obviously don't agree. They all have reasonable explanations but are soon surprised. I don't want to give more away because you should go out (buy it, borrow it from a friend, take it out from library) and experience THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS.Gaiman has written a story so tight with tension, you're afraid it might snap. I'm 24-years-old and I read this book out loud to a 26 and 27-year-old. We all felt like we were 10 years old again. Also, the collage work Dave McKean did for WOLVES created the perfect mood. The pages use drawings, pictures, colorful swirly things. McKean is a very, very talented artist. I highly recommend this beautiful and exciting story. If you haven't already, you should also check out a few other projects by the Gaiman/McKean team: The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, Violent Cases and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch.
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Summary: Wonderfully unusual
Review: A wonderfully unusual and fascinating children's book. Neil Gaiman has a finely tuned story-sense, keeping the plot deliciously adventuresome (but never too scary for a child), with dollops of the amusingly absurd in all the right spots. His words beg to be read aloud, even if you're only reading to yourself! Dave McKean's illustrations are nothing short of amazing. They are collages of everything you can think of -- photos, paintings, drawings -- with a highly unusual, beautiful effect. Parents will like looking at these pictures as much as children will!
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Summary: The story's nothing new, but the pictures draw you in
Review: After the piece of brilliance that was Coraline, I was interested to see what The Wolves in the Walls would be like. It is an interesting book, but it's not for every child. The story, like that of Coraline, seems warmed-over. A slight spin on tried-and-true conceits we've all seen before. I felt that it worked in Coraline. I don't feel it elevates to anything special here. I also don't feel like this is a picture book; it may have worked better as a graphic-novel-style chapter book or middle reader. There's too much story here for a picture book (the pages with four sort of "panels" on them seem especially unreadable to me), but not quite enough story to make the book worthwhile. For example, I would have liked to have seen a lot more of what the family's life was like within the walls. Gaiman fans will no doubt want this for their collection, but I'm not sure The Wolves in the Walls will convert many readers who are unfamiliar with his work. Coraline was a book that could achieve such a thing. The standouts here, however, are Dave McKean's illustrations; a haunted, haunting mixture of flat shadows and sparkling lights, part illustration, part photography. I'd open the book again just to "read" the pictures.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Cute story. Interesting/different artwork. I like the graphic novel aspect of telling part of the story only through the artwork. The heroine is very similar to Coraline.
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Summary: Too scary for most kids
Review: First, I couldn't get past the strong smell of the ink used! It's overpowering!! I found the illustrations of the wolves are so very dark and scary, that even without the story line, this book is not for any of my granchildren.
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Summary: Worthy for the artwork alone
Review: Gaiman and McKean team up once again on yet another highly stylish, atmospheric children's offering with "The Wolves in the Walls." While the story is average at best lacking the originality in some of Gaiman's more imaginative offerings it still is a perfectly suitable tale to captivate the young ones. Where the book stands out, and of great aesthetic value to adults, is in Dave McKean's stellar artwork. Once again readers are treated to moody, surreal images that at times seem almost, 'too good,' for its own good. Overall this book is not quite up to par with the highest of quality we've come to expect from Gaiman & McKean but still very worthy of your time.
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Summary: Worthy for the artwork alone
Review: Gaiman and McKean team up once again on yet another highly stylish, atmospheric children's offering with "The Wolves in the Walls." While the story is average at best lacking the originality in some of Gaiman's more imaginative offerings it still is a perfectly suitable tale to captivate the young ones. Where the book stands out, and of great aesthetic value to adults, is in Dave McKean's stellar artwork. Once again readers are treated to moody, surreal images that at times seem almost, 'too good,' for its own good. Overall this book is not quite up to par with the highest of quality we've come to expect from Gaiman & McKean but still very worthy of your time.
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Summary: Great book for any age
Review: I bought and read this book the day it came out, since I'm a huge fan of Neil Gaiman. I loved the pictures and the story was great-I love the child heroines/heroes which are found in Neil's books. This book captured me from the dedications. I loved the artwork and although some may find it to be not for kids, the children I teach also love to listen to and read or look at this book(preschool and beyond).
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: I discovered Neil Gaiman in the airport bookstore on a recent business trip. I became a convert after reading the first few pages of "American Gods". What a delight it was to find that my newest, favoritest author also writes children's books. ... Parents beware, this book is scarier for adults than it is for kids. Adults remember the things that scared them at night, in a distorted sort of way. Creatures living in the walls seems to be one of those things that might have given us nightmares when we were kids. However, for me, the scariest part wasn't the wolves themselves, but the unsettling notion that there was so much space behind the walls. What other things might live in the invisible spaces of our homes? Despite my own perspective of the story, my ... son admires Lucy's courage. You see, you cannot tell a story about overcoming your fears without the idea of "fear" itself. WitW delivers just enough fear to compel the reader. The ending is light-hearted and fun, so make sure your children read the book to its completion. The illustrations are top-notch and really compliment the mood of the story well. They are a little unsettling, to be sure, but I also remember how I loved the terrifying illustrations in "Where the Wild Thigs Are" as a child. Creepy, funny, and heroic, WitW is destined to become a classic picture book. ...
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Summary: oooOOoOOOooohhh!
Review: I had the pleasure of hearing Neil Gaiman read this story to an appreciative audience back in 1999. He said he was waiting for Dave McKean to get free to illustrate the story before he would publish it. FINALLY, it's here!!! This story has all the feel of a fairy tale told at summer camp by Neil himself - which makes sense. One can feel Gaiman in every page. The words bounce and caper. They repeat and give rhythm to the story. Words, words, words and each one is perfection. As a high school English teacher, I will be using this book as a model of excellent word choice in writing. I hope my students will be as inspired as I was.
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