A review by bookchainedsoul
Coraline by Neil Gaiman

5.0

This is easily the scariest children’s book I’ve ever read. While others rely on the events to create a sense of fear, this book creeped me out to the extreme from chapter 3 or 4. All the way from the first introduction of the other parents I had this faint sense of terror in the back of my mind.

Neil Gaiman’s gothic horror for children is masterful. It does exactly what it’s written to do. It’s eerie and horrid and clever, all while being written simply.

I loved it. This will forever be one of my childhood favourites.