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Summary: Creepy!
Review: This book is easy to get into, but all along it seemed kind of like a person's nightmare, which is what I guess the author was getting at. It isn't a mystery though. The main character, a girl named Coraline, walks through a door in her apartment that takes her into a mysterious world that is a copy of her house, but with somewhat different parents and neighbors. Her mom turns into a horrible evil woman with black button eyes that wants to keep her in this world. Coraline is determined to get out, but this woman is determined to keep her in. You would definetly like this book if you like scary books. But don't read it in a dark graveyard at night!
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Summary: Strange
Review: Neil Gaiman is no stranger to writing strange tales. Coraline is actually supposed to be a children's book, but I enjoyed it very much. The story is simple and easy to follow, and the characters were not over developed. The book although somewhat scary and sureal had a calming effect. Gaiman makes you believe in Coraline and you never truly doubt that she will come out on top. I would be careful about reading this to kids. It could scare them. Very enjoyable story though.
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Summary: Coraline
Review: I thought the book Coraline was five stars because I like mysterious and adventureous books. I couldn't put the book down it was so mysterious you wanted to know what would happen next. I could just picture what was going to happen next in my head. I would not read the book at night or you might have dreams!!!!! Oh yeah I also liked the mysterious plot of the book!!
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Summary: The *kayters* review
Review: Coraline Jones has recently moved into a new flat with her parents. Above her lives a "crazy old man" who is training a mice circus and below her live two former theatre stars, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible who have several small dogs and read tea leaves. Coraline is dealing with summer boredom by exploring her new home as her parents are busy with their own lives during the day. One day, she finds a door in the parlor (saved for "best" as her mother says) that goes nowhere - a brick wall is all that faces her when her mother unlocks the door. Her mother explains that there is an empty flat on the other side that has yet to be let. Meantime, Coraline visits with the neighbors, all of whom warn her of impending danger. One day she discovers that the door in the parlor is unlocked and instead of the brick wall that had been there before, there is a corridor - so she goes exploring and discovers the danger of which the neighbors spoke. Gaiman seems to be attempting to teach a moral lesson here and it is well received. "Be careful what you wish for" is certainly part of it, but it runs even deeper than that. Despite some overtly obvious clues in the story, it is still suspeseful. I found it to be well-written and a nice addition to the canon of children's fantasy.
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Summary: Enjoyable, but not for everyone
Review: Lately I have been enjoying sorting through the bumper crop of kids' books, looking for that perfect gift for young relatives. This turned out to be one I can recommend, though with certain reservations. It is a simple, even archetypal, story:
1. Child is unhappy with some aspect of her life
2. Child is suddenly offered everything she ever wanted
3. Offer turns out to be too good to be true and child is threatened by evil forces
4. Child battles evil and, by discovering new strengths in herself, saves herself and others
5. Child realizes she already had the ideal world in her regular life and lives happily ever after Along the way Gaiman manages to paint some disturbing but vivid images (the black-button eyes of the "other parents"); creative details (Coraline busying herself by tallying up every blue item in their flat); and quirky characters that give this world life and keep it from being a trite rendition of the same old same old. It's probably precisely because the story is so well-drawn overall that I'm mystified by what is left hanging and undeveloped. Where did this "other mother" come from? Where does she go? What about the cat, or the talking mice, or the stone? What is this other world, anyway, and how is it connected with our own? Only the most cursory explanations are given. The creepiest part of the book, the rats' songs, turns out to be something of a red herring. They seem to suggest a final conflict between the worlds ("we will be here when you fall")--something much more ominous than the story actually gives you. The fact that this short and simple story could have been more doesn't ultimately prevent it from being enjoyable just as it is--at least as a one-time read. My main caveat in recommending it is: know the child! It's not a "scary" book, exactly, but it is extremely creepy. An imaginative kid is going to find this book getting under his skin in a most unpleasant way. It has scary things hiding behind doors, under beds, and scratching at the window panes at night. The rats' songs made even me want to get up and turn on all the lights. For some kids, that describes their perfect book. Just make sure you have that kind of kid before giving him this!
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Summary: Excellent For All Ages
Review: Though anyone under seven, unless particularly precocious, may find it too incomprehensible or disturbing. Anyone else should love it.
Coraline is a smooth read - I only wish there had been more of it. I personally think that this book is a better example of the originality of Gaiman's ideas and fluidity of his prose than the oft-lauded "American Gods." (Which isn't bad, mind you, just not as good as this.)
So pick this book up, and if you are intending to read it to a child, do read it yourself first, if only to figure out what tune you will be using to sing the rat songs aloud.
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Summary: Extremely Boring book
Review: I am a huge fan of Neil Gaiman, so it pains me to say this, but I found this book extremely boring and a tad too dark for young children. Coraline is not a very likable character. She doesn't have much going on that makes her interesting. Mr. Gaiman also doesn't do enough explore the other characters in the book, the two sisters, the man with the circus mice upstairs. I liked American Gods and Neverwhere much more. The characters were more interesting and there was more action.
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Summary: This is a fab book
Review: I first read this book in 2002, and I loved it. With its creepy storylines and mysterious characters, Coraline is definatley my favourite book so far.
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Summary: Coraline,by Neil Gaiman
Review: I read Coraline. I thought it was such a wonderful book. I thought it was a good book because it was a scary book and a mystery with a bunch of life threatening times for this girl named Coraline. Also it had a weird way of changing your mind to want to read it a bunch of times in a row. I think People higher ten years old should read it because if you were younger then ten it would scare you out of your mind. I recommend buying this book because it is such a good book to read.
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Summary: A Smart, Funny, Scary Choice for All Ages
Review: Coraline is a smart, polite, and likeable little girl. When she moves into a large house with her parents, she entertains herself by exploring. When she discovers a locked door, sensible Coraline asks about it, and her mother opens it to reveal a brick wall and explains that it is left from when the house was divided into apartments. When the brick wall vanishes one day, Coraline discovers another realm. It's a realm where the cat can talk, where dogs attend theater performances and eat chocolates, and where she enters the home of her Other Mother and Other Father, who want Coraline to stay with them forever and ever. Coraline opts to go back home, but she discovers that her mother and father are missing, trapped inside the world of the Other Parents. Coraline explains, as she ventures back through the passageway to rescue her parents, that "when you're scared, but you still do it anyway, that's brave." This book draws the reader into a world that is wiity, entertaining, and delightfully creepy. Dave McKean's black-and-white illustrations are appropriately eerie and add an extra dimension to the text. This haunting tale is an excellent choice for the reader of scary stories who wants something that will stay in the shadowy corners of the mind long afterward.
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