17.7k reviews for:

Koralina

Neil Gaiman

4.08 AVERAGE

kyarabereading's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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I’d like to preface this by saying fuck Neil Gaiman, all my homies hate Neil Gaiman, but I received a copy of Coraline for free and wanted to finally give it a read. If you’re reading this and don’t know what he did, he has disturbing sexual misconduct/assault allegations against him, & I fully stand in support of the women who spoke out against him.

I’ve been a fan of the movie for years, so I was surprised by some of the differences from the book. It has slightly more eerie/weird vibes compared to the movie, which was fun to see. I also liked learning a bit more about the world of Coraline compared to what we got to see in the movie. However, I do think I like the movie better in some ways. The movie has better pacing, and I like that the plot is more action-packed. I also liked that the movie made the Other World seem more magical. 

I think the book has some good messages for kids, which I think is one of the book’s strong points: Doing something while you’re afraid is true bravery and learn to love & appreciate life even if it isn’t exactly how you want it. But it’s still fuck Neil Gaiman!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Animal death

msmagoo502's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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: No

fred_juma's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

yayareads13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

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this movie is so top tier how could I not read the book? 

narration was 👌 and there was a few weird little songs throughout that just really enhanced the spooky vibes 👻 as I make my way through some fall reads 

I missed my boy Wybie but it was an excellent audiobook and has me so excited to rewatch the movie again sometime soon 🍂

cstahlyd's review against another edition

4.0

dark inspiring fast-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

dani_y3ll's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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: Complicated

thehappyidi0t's review against another edition

4.0

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I mean it’s coraline. What’s more to say

It’s great and I love it!

Side note, the other father in the book breaks my heart

katenova's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

palette_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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of course the creepy sex pest is annoyingly good at writing

yars_reading_corner's review against another edition

2.0

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I think I liked this more than the movie because I wouldn’t have to deal with eerie music, also, strangely there was no Wyborn