Reviews

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

eelopez's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

drkennethnoisewater's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this to my daughters at bed time and it is one of my favourite books of all time. Gaiman is a genius and this is my favourite of his books. Had me and my girls weeping by the end. Best thing I've read in ages. 

bookishblunoser's review

5.0

I hung out in graveyards when I was young. My father, steeped in his skepticism made us tour the graveyards, often at night, to prove that it was in fact the end. I never believed it and I imagined a life and an afterlife for every name on every gravestone.
Neil Gaiman is definitely one of my favourite authors and this story holds a special place in my heart. Nobody Owens, unapologetically adventurous, adopted and raised by ghost parents and educated by a solitary vampire guardian leaves the safety of the graveyard to join the dangerous land of the living. I loved every whispered word, every shadow, every vapour and mist. It was rich and heavy and so easily imagined that it may be time for me to dance again, among the graves, escorted by the dead.

abaugher's review

4.0

excellent story. not scary to me! yay. don't really like scary so much. is there such a genre as "cozy horror"?

r33s3sp13c3s's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

currentlyreading_'s review against another edition

4.0

How many Jacks does it take to kill a nobody?

nbpamies's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

marisa_dc's review

3.0

3.5

caseymgreer1's review

5.0

Just spectacular. I loved every minute.

barizley's review

5.0

Not as tight as it could have been in some (a lot) of places, and the ending sort of chucks all the loose ends at you, but the full cast audiobook was so well done. Scary + sweet + sinister + funny. Really enjoyable.