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There seems to have been a misconception about the book. It is NOT a mystery!! I don't know how and why people thought that it was. It's more about a not so normal teen trying to understand the world and its inhabitants.
It was the most poignant and heartbreaking novel I've read in a long time. The only thing that irked me was the fact that Christopher chose his mother over his father who clearly loves him more than his mother would ever be capable of. I wish he'd understood why his father did what he did and accepted it. But I suppose then he wouldn't be "special".
I also didn't like the parts where both Chris' mother and father lose their temper, or the way strangers who cross Chris' path behave with him. Hello, be nice to a not-quite-normal teen please! It won't kill you.
A fab read nonetheless. I am definitely going to recommend this one to the world and its uncle!
It was the most poignant and heartbreaking novel I've read in a long time. The only thing that irked me was the fact that Christopher chose his mother over his father who clearly loves him more than his mother would ever be capable of. I wish he'd understood why his father did what he did and accepted it. But I suppose then he wouldn't be "special".
I also didn't like the parts where both Chris' mother and father lose their temper, or the way strangers who cross Chris' path behave with him. Hello, be nice to a not-quite-normal teen please! It won't kill you.
A fab read nonetheless. I am definitely going to recommend this one to the world and its uncle!
“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.
Not really a fan of anthologies, I was quite happy with this one.
I especially loved stories by Flynn, Swanwick, Ball, Lynch, Denton, Gaiman, willis, and Martin (a delicious slice of Westeros' history!)
I especially loved stories by Flynn, Swanwick, Ball, Lynch, Denton, Gaiman, willis, and Martin (a delicious slice of Westeros' history!)
