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Koralina

Neil Gaiman

4.08 AVERAGE

melissard's review against another edition

5.0

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Coraline is about a young girl that moves into a new home with her parents. In the home is a locked door that leads to nothing. As Coraline is exploring she discovers that there is an opening into an apartment that looks exactly like hers. In that apartment is a woman that looks exactly like her mother. This Other-Mother wants Coraline to live with her, but Coraline just wants her life to go back to normal.


Coraline is less scary than I thought it would be, but way more unsettling. I read it in the middle of the day, so I'll assume if you read it at night the fear factor increases. Despite that this book is still great. Good horror novels for kids and young teens are hard to come by I think. This one is amazing. The interactions between Coraline and other Mother are tense. The last portion of the book with the hand was so suspenseful that I struck in place and couldn't move till it was over. 10/10 would read again.

Content Warning
Death
Violence

blair_vvitch's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

milli_vanilli127's review against another edition

4.0

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spooky and heartwarming. loved it.

bhaberling's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

beefykirby's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shinko_rea's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lanchpaket's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

zaskia's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

summerbooks78's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

jnoel's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No