Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
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Author: Neil GaimanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-29
ISBN: 0061139378
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
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Book Review: "She stole our hearts, and she stole our souls, and she took our lives away, and she left us here, and she forgot about us
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in the dark."
Coraline Jones, exploring her family's new flat one day, finds a brick wall blocking the entrance to another part of the building. Below the girl and her parents live Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, an elderly pair of former actresses and above lives a man who calls her Caroline and supposedly speaks with mice. One day he passes on a warning from the rodents (p 16), "Don't go through the door." But, of course, she does. And what she finds is otherworldly, abnormal in ways that range from slightly creepy to totally bizarre. Once there, a sharp-featured button-eyed woman resembling her mother tries to win her over and convince her to stay. Other Dad is not so bad. At least he tries not to be. Other residents exist there too, including rats and a cat that talk. And faster than you can say, "Button, button who's got the button," she's trapped on the other side. The matriarch tries a series of ruses to convince Coraline of her love and sincerity in wanting her to stay. But the girl learns the truth and makes a gutsy wager involving her own fate and those of several others. Disturbingly original, Coraline will leave you thinking about the otherworld long after finishing the story. Even better as read by the author, who makes a few subtle changes to the text and does a marvelous job with the voices of the various characters. Also good, The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury.
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