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A review by brnycx
Coraline and Other Stories by Neil Gaiman
4.0
you can tell that gaiman had fun writing this collection of smart tales. coraline, of course, is the star of the show, playing artfully on the age-old horror of the uncanny. the eponymous character is the perfect mix of kindness, bravery, curiosity, and creativity which make her a worthy hero for any small reader, boy or girl (although, if i was her dad, i'd be properly upset by her insistence on eating frozen pizza rather than the culinary delights i'd cooked up).
the other tales are a mixed bag. how to sell the ponti bridge was a particular favourite, managing to craft, in just a few pages, a strange sci-fi/fantasy world which could easily sustain an entire novel. a few others, however, fall short, such as the clunky the case of four and twenty blackbirds, a noirish story throughout which you can hear the awkward creaking as it strains to accommodate a few nursery rhyme/fairy tale references (p.s. for a successful combination of fairy tale and detective noir, see telltale game's excellent the wolf among us).
(nb:i bought this at a neil gaiman signing and he drew an angry mouse in it . just sayin')
the other tales are a mixed bag. how to sell the ponti bridge was a particular favourite, managing to craft, in just a few pages, a strange sci-fi/fantasy world which could easily sustain an entire novel. a few others, however, fall short, such as the clunky the case of four and twenty blackbirds, a noirish story throughout which you can hear the awkward creaking as it strains to accommodate a few nursery rhyme/fairy tale references (p.s. for a successful combination of fairy tale and detective noir, see telltale game's excellent the wolf among us).
(nb: