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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

32 reviews

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

goldendreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Kidnapping

axeles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

read this ages ago but was reminded of how good it was through a reddit post. not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

pitchperfectamy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Might be scary for young children, but presumably not too bad for a horror book.

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i’m definitely biased as coraline is my favorite movie, but i loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

sparklyrainbow_02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

For a children thriller to be this good...just wow really. I was gripped from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

angrybred'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Confinement

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Coraline the movie is my favorite movie ever, but this is my first time reading the book, so i had really high and specific expectations. first of all, no Wybie???!??!!?! i really appreciate his addition in the movie.
in the very first chapter it says "She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable." knowing the scene in the movie where

the Beldam strips away the floorboards into a spiderweb to trap Coraline and prevent her escape from the Other World

, i highlighted this and noted it as some sly foreshadowing for the climax. there were then thirteen subsequent uses of the word "spider", so i was really expecting

the Beldam to exhibit some explicitly spider-like qualities

, but this never happens, which i think is a shame. it would have been even more effective in the book than it was in the movie.
on the other hand, the final chapter of the book (XIII—i see you Neil Gaiman) is even more brilliant and satisfying than the movie, with the

fake doll tea party to trick the Beldam hand into jumping into the well

. genius
the overall theme of the story was very well done, Coraline's need for attention from her busy parents really comes through especially in how she talks about them when they're not around, and then just small moments of affection between her and her parents when they return are so touching, i cried (

daddy issues

)
also, i have to say, Neil Gaiman did not do his own characters justice in his audiobook reading. give it some life! make Coraline sound stubborn and actually like a child! make the Beldam snarly and mad-villainous! everyone is so dry, which works perfectly for the cat since it's in the cat's character, but the rest just becomes dull. except for the rats' songs. those were horrifying and unsettling and i love them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A cute, spooky little tale about a little girl who battles her “other mother” in order to be reunited with her family. Creepy, macabre, and hopeful. Coraline is a feisty, free-spirited, little girl who is learning how to be an adult while maintaining some of the wonder of childhood. Not exactly what I expected but it was enjoyable nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

farncc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty