Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

118 reviews

annie_brewer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Having read the book after watching the movie, my imagination was spoilt! 

However, the colourful imagery from the screen fit in nicely with the tale and I am impressed how strong and accurate the movie adaptation was. The parts of the writing not included in the movie were also able to fit in seamlessly in my reccolection of the movie world and were testament to Gaiman's storytelling writing.

The impatient and paticular temprament of Coraline is exceptionally believable, the oddball characters she encounters are an unsettling delight, and the other mother is the queen of creepy!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

micaelacccc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Blood

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

For starters, I do love the movie. Even though I do love the movie, for a long time I always wanted to read the book but I somehow never got around to it until now. My best friend bought me a copy for my birthday and I decided to wait to read during the Fall and Halloween. 
I have now found a new favorite. Such a great children's book. The dark themes of the film are there in the book, but with a few extras (not giving any spoilers). 
This book is a must read! 
I also love that I now have my own copy of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

misszoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this so much - it did feel very personal tbh, more so than many other books I've read before. It did feel like Neil Gaiman wrote it for his daughters, I don't know how to describe it. I definitely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

booknerderika's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

3.5

I watched the movie before reading the book. It was good, but I wanted the doll with the button eyes and Wybie!! It wasn't as good without him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death and Blood

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death

piperclover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I completely understand why this terrified me as a child and it's definitely still spooky. Especially the last 50% or so gets way darker than I feel like most middle grade does.  It is exactly the kind of horror I want in October because it's not too scary but it is still spooky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Confinement

lydia_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

quinn_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death