Name: Coraline
Rating: 4.095074626865672 (1340 reviews)
ISBN: 9780747594062

Neil Gaiman

P. Craig Russell

A brilliant graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's critically acclaimed novel for young people. When Coraline moves to a new home, she is fascinated by the fact that the 'house' is really only half a house - it was divided into flats years before. And it soon becomes clear to Coraline that the other flat is not quite as cosy and safe as her own.

Coraline

One of the few times I can say both the movie and book are 10/10s!! I'd absolutely recommend experiencing both, the order doesn't really matter. The book is creepy but not traumatizing, leaving sooo much room for theorizing and analyzing. Plus I always love a headstrong, resilient, and witty female character.

Medora Sparkman

Als Coraline na de verhuizing op ontdekkingsreis gaat, vindt ze een deur. Daarachter bevinden zich nieuwe ouders en een pratende kat. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Belén Miranda

La verdad que me ha sabido a poco, con lo mucho que me gusta la película…

The bewitching tenth-anniversary edition of the classic children's novel Coraline by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell and an exclusive new introduction by the author 'I was enthralled' - Philip Pullman There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other house – the one behind the old door in the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that if she ventures through that door, she may never come back. This deliciously creepy, gripping novel is packed with glorious illustrations by Chris Riddell, and is guaranteed to delight and entrance readers of all ages.

I loved this book so much!! My first introduction to Coraline was the 2009 film, so it was great to finally compare the book to the film. One thing I loved is  that Coraline’s song in the book was in the movie as well, which is something I would’ve never noticed unless I read Coraline!! 🪡🚪

Skyler Lytthouse

In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall—until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only different. The food is better there. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. And there's another mother and father there who want Coraline to be their little girl. They want to change her and keep her with them. . . . Forever. Coraline is an extraordinary fairy tale/nightmare from the uniquely skewed imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman.

As a kid I was terrified of the movie but as much as I hate to say it I’ve grown such an appreciation for this story! The movie was good but the book was great!!

ophelia ross 

This book is a bit faster paced in comparison to the movie, which i absolutely love and can watch over and over again forever. I was afraid the book would be completely different and make me think differently of the movie (as a lot of book to movie adaptations have) but I love how much of the book made it into the movie. 

Overall, a really great simple fast read, especially for a “kids” book, it does great to set a scene. 

lily

This book is a bit faster paced in comparison to the movie, which i absolutely love and can watch over and over again forever. I was afraid the book would be completely different and make me think differently of the movie (as a lot of book to movie adaptations have) but I love how much of the book made it into the movie. 

Overall, a really great simple fast read, especially for a “kids” book, it does great to set a scene. 

Maureen

"Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky."

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Revisiting a childhood story! I watched the movie a long time ago, so I was happy to find a secondhand copy of the book in the marketplace. 5 stars because I loved the movie and the book did not disappoint. Simple yet great storytelling by Gaiman; it was fun to imagine the events of the movie play out in my head whilst reading.

Terry Benzie

Delightfully dark story that reminds me that I need to read more children's literature as it is always a good investment, especially if it is as well-written as this book. I'd previously read (and immensely enjoyed) The Graveyard Book and this is of a similar vein. This is certainly worth coming back to for a re-read.

There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other house - the one behind the old door in the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them there. And they want her to stay with them. For ever. She knows that if she ventures through that door, she may never come back.

/3.5 ⭐️’s/ This book was good! I enjoyed it but for the first time I will say I liked the movie better. The movie felt more put together and the book felt overly descriptive which I didn’t enjoy sadly. But overall I still liked it and will buy the physical copy. I will say I missed Wybie and didn’t know he wasn’t a part of the actual story and was just made for the movie 😭.

I always wanted to watch Coraline but I just couldn’t find it on any streaming platforms… so I bought the book and it was totally worth it. The story was amazing and thrilling through and through!!

Emma

This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman’s modern classic, Coraline—also an Academy Award-nominated film—is enriched with a foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and much more. When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. This enhanced edition contains the full text of the novel, plus the following bonus content: Original Coraline manuscript pages Coraline’s Many Houses: A Retrospective Video: The official Coraline Movie Trailer An excerpt from the Coraline Graphic Novel , adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell Audio: Coraline Graphic Novel Podcast Audio: Music from the Coraline audiobook, performed by the Gothic Archies Excerpts from other books by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Dave McKean: The Graveyard Book, The Wolves in the Walls, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, and Crazy Hair Coraline Foreign Edition Cover Gallery

Coraline 10th Anniversary Enhanced Edition

read this before going to bed for the last few days and i’d like to say that reading the book now was creepier than watching the movie when i was a kid,, neil gaiman u are a gem

zoe ☘︎

When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth. But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and all the tools she can find if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. This beloved tale has now become a visual feast. Acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally bestselling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.

Coraline Graphic Novel

Sarah Sammis

A year ago my family went through a Coraline frenzy. With the film coming out my husband saw that I had a copy of Gaiman's book and decided to read it. He hadn't yet become a fan of the author's books so was reading it out of skepticism. When he loved it he lent the book to his family. When we got the book back he read it to our son (then six) who thought the Other Mother was the coolest book monster ever.

After the book reading frenzy we rented the film which I loved. Although I adore most of the things by Gaiman that I've read, Coraline didn't wow me as much as it did the rest of my family. The film did, though. When we rented the film we didn't show it to either Sean or Harriet, feeling they were both too young for it.

Sean though, having heard of the movie through friends at school pestered us to see it (for about six month). I decided to test his readiness by getting P. Craig Russell's adaptation of the novel as a graphic novel. I figured if he liked seeing the Other Mother in that form he could handle an animated version of her. Sean ended up reading the book in about a week. It was a hit and he showed it to his sister.

Anyway before I returned the book to the library I read it to. I still prefer the film to either version of the book but I see it as a sliding scale. At one end is the book and at the other end is the film. Bridging the gap is the graphic novel.

Now please don't get the wrong idea; Russell doesn't change the text of Gaiman's novel. He doesn't introduce characters like the film does. But his visuals are similar. The house looks a good deal like the Pink Lady in film and the location is once again moved from Britain to the United States.

Since Sean ended loving the graphic novel and the original novel, we re-rented the movie and let him and Harriet see it. Although Harriet had a few hide behind the couch moments she stuck with hit through the end (about six times too) with her brother. Sean loved it, even the changes. Yesterday I saw the film on sale and bought a copy for our DVD collection. We've already watched our copy twice.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman is a book I meant to read at the start of the year. I loaned it to my family who also wanted to read it, thinking I could find a copy in my library. With the movie still relatively new, the book was always checked out. By the time I had the book back I had other things I was reading. Eight months passed before I finally got it read.

With my husband and mother in law both having read it and loved it I came to the book with exceptionally high expectations. I had also read and loved a number of other Gaiman books this year. It has all the elements I normally enjoy: an adventure involving an old house, a secret door, "other" versions of characters, magic, danger, ghosts and so forth. But somehow it just didn't knock me over like The Graveyard Book did. 

Coraline and her parents have moved into an old house that like so many old homes in Britain has been divided into flats. It's summer but an unusually cool and rainy one and Coraline's parents are too busy to entertain her as she's cooped up inside. In exploring the house she comes to meet the other neighbors, none of whom can remember her name; they all call her Caroline. She also finds a locked door that leads to a brick wall.

Locked or bricked doors are never an obstacle for long in this sort of book. Coraline does find her way to the other side of the door and encounters a magical but off putting interpretation of her own world, populated with "other" versions: Other Mother, Other Father, and Other Neighbors. Despite some alluring qualities to this other world, she quickly realizes she had best stick to her own world.

CoralineAgain, trips through portals are ever that simple. Coraline like Richard Mayhew (of Gaiman's Neverwhere) finds that things are not right in her world and the only way to fix them is to go back. Coraline has a lot of similarities with the older Neverwhere. There are doors to places that most people don't know about and doors where doors shouldn't be. There are mice and rats who bring messages. There is an ordinary protagonist who must give up everything to be a hero.

But there is something lacking in Coraline too. Although it is maybe a third the length of Neverwhere, it took me three times as long to read it. It did not hold my attention. I had to go back and re-read long sections to see what had just happened. Had I not been planning to see the film, I would have left the book unfinished.

I did want to see the film, having listened to the haunting sound track by Bruno Coulais. The film is very different from the book; a new setting, scenes moved around and the back story flushed out. The narrator is replaced by a new character named Wybie who serves to turn much of the lengthy descriptions into dialogue. So the book moves from Britain to Ashland, Oregon and the time of year to winter. I liked the changes between book and film and plan to get a copy for my DVD collection.

Coraline

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