A review by writteninmagic
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

The story was an interesting idea of what would happen if ghosts and other supernatural creatures in a graveyard raised a small boy. The boy, Bod, is confined to remaining inside the graveyard, where the inhabitants can watch over him and keep him safe. As he grows older, he wants to experience the outside world and gets into all sorts of problems. Bod learns to use powers he gets from the graveyard and, although he gets some help from his friends, he also uses his own cleverness to get out of his difficult situations. The part I liked the most was the relationship between Bod and his guardian, Silas. As the story progresses, Silas (who originally was only in charge of providing food for Bod, since he was the only non-ghost inhabitant) becomes more of a mentor and father figure to Bod.

The reasoning for the main mystery of the story could've been explained more. Other than a heightened sense of smell, the Jacks didn't seem like they had that much magical power, especially since it implied that they'd been doing their business for a while to gain some unspecified supernatural powers.

Overall, I liked reading about the graveyard inhabitants and the world that the author has created.
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