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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
i would give this a 3.8. i did really like it, and read it in a few days. but i didn't love it the way i loved some of his other works. it was as dark as coraline at parts, and mostly about a 7 year old, but still not YA. i liked lettie, her mom ginnie, and grandma hempstock, they were very intriguing characters and i would not have minded learning more about them, including more about their backstory and powers. idk, the bad...things (for lack of a better word) were just so nebulous. like how ursala monkton was basically just grey strips of cloth underneath it all. and how when the "varmints" came to eat her up and then started eating other things, they just left a grey blankness of something that never existed. idk, def kinda cool, but also not something i will necessarily remember later. overall, the book had the same problem i sometimes have with reading things on a kindle. where the book never really feels like it comes together well in a cohesive way. i was about half way through the book before i realized ursala monkton was essentially the villain.
This book was magical. I will never understand how authors like Neil Gaiman can be so ingenious. After I had read the Sandman Comics and Anansi Boys years ago, I had been waiting a long time for another one of his creations. If you like fantasy mixed in with realism and growing up stories, this book will definitely not disappoint.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Neil Gaiman's latest is a beguiling tale of a small boy and the strange events that occur when he meets the girl that lives at the end of the lane.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Every time I read a Neil Gaiman novel I walk away feeling like I have experienced a lesson in profound sadness, joy, adventure, and madness all at once.
This was nothing like what I thought it would be but I am better for having read it.
This was nothing like what I thought it would be but I am better for having read it.
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I can't write a review of a Neil Gaiman novel. They're too magical for me to talk about. I just want to read them and I want other people to read them and I don't want to talk about them. Somehow, I feel like talking about them would make them less magical.
Wonderful, whimsical, and dark. If you enjoyed Coraline, this is a must read.