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Koralina

Neil Gaiman

4.08 AVERAGE

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Very good! It's nice and spooky like the movie.
adventurous 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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

always weren't a big fan of buttons
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Coraline is my favorite movie ever and I’ve never read the book but I can say I loved it just as much 

That shit was spooky as hell
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a fantastic, short book that you could probably read in a day. It's definitely creepier than the movie (with more detail), but except for a few moments near the end they line up very closely. 5-stars because, despite how short it is, it grabs your attention and keeps it throughout with well-written descriptions, witty dialogue, and just enough detail to give you a mental image of the events while leaving much to the imagination and interpretation of the reader.

Read for the Pioneer Book Challenge. It was definitely creepy, but still a fun adventure. I've never seen the movie so don't know how to compare.

I thought the parallel worlds were very interesting. I loved that she won and was smart, creative, braze, and ingenious throughout.

But the Other Mom was SO creepy. I also don't think the hand is going to stay in the well...its a hand! its going to be able to crawl out!! So I'll have nightmares of that for a while.

4.5!!!!!