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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

61 reviews

soggycedar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Abandonment, and Confinement

fallnginluve's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

cute

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Blood and Animal death

nyctaea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gore

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

Coraline is a children's book. One with body horror, blood and child death, but a children's book none the less. It didn't affect me emotionally as much as my average five stars. But, it is a wondeful version of those, written with the young readers in mind. The analogies to insects, spiders, camufkage and mimicry were a awesome touch. The dark ambiance and hints to something older than the other mother too. It is clear this book was written with care and dedication! I also found interesting how the narrative sometimes criticises the dad, that is so clearly inspired by the author himself. Like a quiet apology.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror

loonysaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

stindex's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

Minor: Confinement

allyareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

zoelowe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I never realized this movie from my childhood was based on a book. I enjoyed the story telling. The other mother was honestly creepier to read about than to see. I was surprised at how many pieces were added to the movie adaptation.

I didn’t really love the way the story was told. My friend who recommended this book (and whose copy I’m reading) told me he thinks the prose is purposeful. He thinks it pokes fun at the whimsical writing style usually employed by YA authors. To me it just felt clunky and unengaging. That though is truly my only complaint with this book. Appropriately freaky and I got a good sense of who each character was. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment

There’s a lot of spider imagery, so maybe don’t read it if you’re really afraid of them.

pacifickat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Neil Gaiman understands how to write magic, especially dark magic, in a way that makes it feel real and old and timeless. He also picks at the edges of our deepest, most primal fears without revealing too much at a time. Love the way he plays with old magic tropes (black cats, talismen, portals, the monster under the bed, mist) in ways that make them feel both refreshingly new and impossibly ancient at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Murder, Animal death, and Abandonment