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Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

Coraline by Neil Gaiman X
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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  • First Published:
    Jul 2002, 176 pages

    Paperback:
    Aug 2003, 162 pages

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Jake williams

this book is very cool I got it from the libary and I just want to read it again and again I love it!!!!
Micky

Coraline: A Psychological Horror
I read this book when I was 11 and found it incredibly disturbing. I cried myself to sleep one night I was so frightened. At first the book seemed dull and lifeless. But something that was incorporated well throughout the entire book was the sense of unease incorporated in everything that was happening. Gaiman tells you right from the beginning that this is not going to be a pleasant book with Coraline being a brat and the parents being incredibly tuned out. When transported to the other world everything seems amazing. But Gaiman makes everything just a little off to make you wonder what is really going on. None of the book is a happy story so do NOT read this book if you are looking for a feel good novel. The part that disturbed me the most was the collapse of this other world. It always made me wonder and the lingering hand of the other mother is what scared me the most. It is almost a metaphor that everything you do sticks with you.
Milly Curd

Fantastic
Coraline was a brilliant book. The genres in the book are Detective, mystery, horror, adventure,fantasy and much more. Coraline inspired me to think big like the characters in the story. Neil Gaiman is a fantastic writer which will be read for years to
come!!!
plz read this book...the buttons will haunt you and send shivers down your spine
erica encinas

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I think this is the weirdest scariest most bizarre book I have ever read, and I am twenty-one. I read it one sitting,
Bridget (11)

Coraline
This is one of the best books i have ever read i loved it!!!! It is so suspenceful and spooky!! the ending is so unpredictble and when i finished i was stunned!!!!!!!
Amie

Why read coraline
Coraline is a curious book filled with mystery and horror. it is full of suspense and tension that make you keep on reading.
Jordyn Taylor

Grasp our attention
I feel Coraline is a compelling horror story only lacking in one field. I feel the author lacks in his grasp of the readers attention. It falls short of that one aspect that hooks you into the story.
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We had diverse opinion, but most were happy to have read the book.

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