A review by elise04
Coraline and Other Stories by Neil Gaiman

3.0

Coraline is my favourite film, so as much as it saddens me to say as I much prefer reading books first, it was always going to be hard for the book to live up to the film, and I was never going to be able to read it without drawing comparisons between the two. The extra scenes in the book (despite the events occurring at a much faster rate) were excitingly creepy and I found there was a much deeper plot line in the book. The mentions of the tunnel being “very old and very slow” got me thinking more about the origins of the beldam and I thought a lot more about who the children were, and who the cat was while reading the book. It was incredibly intricate, so even reading it as an adult it was still thoroughly creepy and enjoyable, even though it is a children’s book. The film will always hold a special place in my heart, and I like how coralines character was further developed in longer scenes in the film but after reading the book, I wish they had included more of the mystery surrounding the beldam and the tunnel in the film.