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Coraline (Graphic Novel)
by Neil Gaiman
“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?” Pretty much sums up my philosophy of life.
I always read the book before I watch the movie adaptation, but in Coraline's case, I ended up watching the stop-motion movie first (simply because I didn't know it was a book, and Neil Gaiman's book at that! Same thing happened with Stardust). So, finally read the novella and wow, Neil Gaiman absolutely deserves the title of "Master Storyteller" albeit a master gothic storyteller.
If my generation had Enid Blyton feeding our imaginations and this gen has Neil Gaiman and why not - "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” (Only difference being, Gaiman's world is a lot more fantastical and not as rosy as Blyton's).
An engaging read and at the risk of being struck by a lightening, I think I prefer the movie adaptation simply because it's a hell a lot creepier than the novella.
I always read the book before I watch the movie adaptation, but in Coraline's case, I ended up watching the stop-motion movie first (simply because I didn't know it was a book, and Neil Gaiman's book at that! Same thing happened with Stardust). So, finally read the novella and wow, Neil Gaiman absolutely deserves the title of "Master Storyteller" albeit a master gothic storyteller.
If my generation had Enid Blyton feeding our imaginations and this gen has Neil Gaiman and why not - "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” (Only difference being, Gaiman's world is a lot more fantastical and not as rosy as Blyton's).
An engaging read and at the risk of being struck by a lightening, I think I prefer the movie adaptation simply because it's a hell a lot creepier than the novella.