689 reviews for:

El libro del cementerio

Neil Gaiman

4.16 AVERAGE

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

valentinavivaas's review against another edition

3.5

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Neil Gaiman tiene un no sé qué en su manera de escribir que siempre me engancha, y El Libro del Cementerio no fue la excepción. 

Toda la idea de que Bod, nuestro protagonista, fuera criado por fantasmas en un antiguo cementerio después del asesinato de su familia me pareció muy original. Además, la manera en que el autor lleva la historia, conectando poco a poco los eventos ocurridos en distintas etapas de la vida de Bod fue muy entretenida de leer. Seguir a Bod desde que era un niño pequeño hasta su adolescencia y verlo crecer y aprender en cada capítulo forma parte de la magia de esta historia y debo decir que lo que más me gustó fue el final (cosa que no pasa muy a menudo). Estaba sorprendida de que lograra conmoverme tanto; así como Bod cerró su etapa en el cementerio, abrió una nueva puerta al mundo exterior que está lleno de posibilidades. 

Definitivamente una lectura ligera y rápida que disfruté muchísimo y las ilustraciones creepy pero excelentes siempre son un deleite visual.

tenthrow's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A great way to experience this story. I would, however, still recommend the full text novel over this.

bmccabe088's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

congressbaby143's review against another edition

5.0

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I'm not a big fan of the art but it was because of this graphic novel retelling that I was finally able to go halfway through this book. I never got to finish the regular serialized fiction. I enjoyed this and I flew through the whole thing. It's really good. It doesn't break my heart as much. For something that is set in a graveyard, it doesn't scare me at all. The part that scared me the most was when the boy was outside the graveyard. Isn't that telling of what the world sometimes feels like? Wonderful. 4.5/5.

EDIT SOME YEARS LATER: I swear I don’t remember ever finishing Vol 1 but the review above seems to say I really did. I loved finding this… again. I loved feeling like I read it for the first time. I especially was moved by the arch of Liza. But all in all this one gave me a good warm fuzzy feeling.

waterwolves's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

yodamom's review against another edition

4.0

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Fantastic graphic novel I enjoyed it even more then the novel, Perfect illustrations filled with color and emotions.

cait_readsxox's review against another edition

4.0

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Great graphic novel and definitely has Halloween vibes to it. Will read volume 2 next!

bouvabird's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kcrouth's review against another edition

4.0

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Neil Gaiman is such a creative writer. This graphic novel adaptation of his "The Graveyard Book" is really well done, and has me wanting to read Volume 2 as well as Neil Gaiman's novel on which it is based. Excellent storytelling!!