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introworded's review
4.0
The story "The New Mother" was the inspiration for Neil Gaiman's Coraline and the reason I picked this up, so anybody interested in what made Neil decide to write such an amazing book....
It is by far creepier and Uncannier than Coraline, leaving most things unresolved. It embodies many genres, yet can't be labeled, adding to its uncanniness. Children's book? Seems like it... it starts off that way, kind of like the old fairy tales do. But it is so creepy that children will probably be traumatized forever after reading it and near the end the tone of the story changes.
The other stories are pretty fun too. Victorian creepiness.
It is by far creepier and Uncannier than Coraline, leaving most things unresolved. It embodies many genres, yet can't be labeled, adding to its uncanniness. Children's book? Seems like it... it starts off that way, kind of like the old fairy tales do. But it is so creepy that children will probably be traumatized forever after reading it and near the end the tone of the story changes.
The other stories are pretty fun too. Victorian creepiness.
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