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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

maddiemmn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

bibliophile1775's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

versamatrix's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hihelloitsgerda's review against another edition

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5.0

Neil Gaiman never misses...

colleen_lena_taz205's review against another edition

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4.0

Good book . I listened to it as an audiobook the comic book was how I started this story .

jadtriestoread's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 to be exact

Me and the 10 other people in the world who didn't fall in love with this book are just going to take our titles as hipsters, and embrace it.

I have to say I enjoyed this. This novel is probably one of the most popular books in middle grade. I went into this low expectations, but even with that, it didn't fulfill what I needed from this. I thought the writing was good, and the characters were good enough. It did drag on a little bit for me, which is the reason why I didn't finish this in one sitting, and had to spread it over 3 days.

On the other hand, I would definitely recommend this book to a little child since it will introduce him/her to different important topics they need to know about such as death and friendship. I also think this would make a killer Tim Burton animated movie (no pun intended).

brunelvivash's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No

3.75

stargoddess17's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

salston's review against another edition

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5.0

Fantastic. Marvelous. Wonderful. Yes, I would say I liked it. I found the first few pages disturbing. I read them the first time, then went and read something else because I wasn't sure I wanted to keep reading this book. The idea of it - a boy raised by ghosts, my love of [b:Coraline|17061|Coraline|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327871014s/17061.jpg|2834844], and the fact the story had grabbed me, all brought me back again. Glad they did. I really liked this book. A little dark, but in a good way.

laura_mikasa's review against another edition

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5.0

Great book for all ages!!

Beautiful and exciting story about a kid raised in a graveyard. The book is full of adventures, friendship and love by ghosts, vampires, etc. All scary but kind to the boy. A must read by all!