Neil Gaiman

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.

Coraline

Iris van der zanden

The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. 'Calling cats,' it confided, 'tends to be a rather overrated activity. Might as well call a whirlwind.'

Misfortune

Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made apoint of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to be sure she kept away from it.So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was,tokeep away from it properly.

拉亚

“How do I know you’ll keep your word?” asked Coraline.

“I swear it,” said the other mother. “I swear it on my own mother’s grave.”

“Does she have a grave?” asked Coraline.

“Oh yes,” said the other mother. “I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.”

“No,” said Coraline. “I don’t see. And I don’t believe it either.”

The #1 New York Times bestselling author's critically acclaimed novel for readers of all ages, now in a special trade paperback edition. . . . “One of the most truly frightening books ever written.”--New York Times Behind a locked door, a young girl discovers a passage to a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own in this remarkable fable from the acclaimed modern master.

Quand j’ai lu ce passage, j’ai été frappée par la magnificence de cette métaphore cachée. En ayant en tête le film, on comprend que l’autre mère est indirectement comparée à une araignée, et ce passage l’illustre parfaitement : elle crée tout un monde pour s’emparer de Coraline, comme une araignée tisse une toile pour capturer des mouches. Le roman en entier repose sur ces trois phrases, j’en ai été renversée.

Maelie Dolbec

- Il est bien assez étendu pour elle, en tout cas, commenta le chat. Une toile d'araignée n'a pas besoin d'être immense : il suffit qu'elle soit assez grande pour attraper les mouches. » 

Avarni B

It was true: the other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. In the other mother's button eyes, Coraline knew that she was a possession, nothing more. A tolerated pet, whose behaviour was no longer amusing.

I swear it,' said the other mother. I swear it on my own mother's grave.' 

'Oh yes' said the other mother. I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.'

when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.

Alex Landau

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.

maitha mana

A good all hallows-read by the creator himself.

(3/5) conocía la historia de coraline únicamente por la película y la verdad es que este libro, a pesar de estar claramente destinado a un público más joven, me gustó mucho. es entretenido, corto y bastante divertido, aunque tampoco me cambió la vida. me gustan mucho todas las rarezas que se describen en el libro, y mucho de lo que ocurría me recordaba a alicia en el país de las maravillas.

ahora quiero volver a ver la película, malditasea

river

honestly i had fun which is all that matters .. and it got me out of my months long reading slump so .. thank you coraline

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i know i shouldn't compare but the movie goes harder

Qonita

This makes a nice spooky tale for children and maybe I should rate the book according to that standard? Maybe, and i'd definitely recommend this book to my nieces and nephews. It has suspense, a moral lesson, adventure, mystery, and middle-grade appropriate horror which is pretty fun but not too much that you'd be scared to put this under your pillow. But aside from a subjective evaluation of how this book ticks boxes, i didn't feel anything strong when I read this. 3.5 lah.

Zahra

What a quick and fun yet creepy read! I really enjoy it. Haven't read the book but now I really want to.

pretty much the only book that creeped me out when i was little.

“Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”
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I wish I would have read this when I was Coraline’s age. This is type of book that would have gotten me secretly reading in the middle of the night under my blanket with a flashlight, equally terrified and delighted at this wonderful adventure, still turning page after page despite my sleepiness or fears.

A perfectly creepy, subtly funny, and wildly gripping book, it was the perfect read for Spooktober.

So yes, I wish I would have read this when I was Coraline’s age, but as Gaiman’s daughter has perfectly said, “I don’t think you can be too old for Coraline.”

Deepika Ramesh

Coraline, the girl, just like every other kid, is vulnerable on a few occasions. But, like many inspiring adults, she confronts the evil force with commendable determination. I buy Miss Spink’s opinion on Coraline. ‘What an extraordinary child!’

Full review here: https://worncorners.wordpress.com/201...

 i have to admit that i prefer the movie adaptation rather than the book. i don’t know, but i feel like this story was kinda… lacking? i loved the changes they made while creating the animation, all the new details made the story look way more vivid than the original. but, well, 

a good book! i’ve loved coraline since i was just a little girl ♡

mila

i think this is the first time ever i have to admit that i prefer the movie adaptation rather than the book. i don’t know, but i feel like this story was kinda… lacking? i loved the changes they made while creating the animation, all the new details made the story look way more vivid than the original. but, well, it’s still a good book! i’ve loved coraline since i was just a little girl ♡

ghezaal noori

I always find this story to be a great example of identity and finding ones place in the world, I adore the theme of not everything being is as it seems as you travel through this whimsical world with Coraline. As the story progress you feel more and more unsettled by these themes and you feel as though you are in this world yourself. The ending always (movie and book) will never sit right with me and that’s what I feel is the most unsettling, questioning whether the end was really the end.

it is a very exciting read but i think the movie is better since it gave a whole new character and the doll that resembles her being the icon of the movie aswell but overall its a fun read and the illustrations are very creepy which is good!! 

alifia

★★★★ // the Other Mother still gives me nightmares.

Al día siguiente de mudarse de casa, Coraline explora las catorce puertas de su nuevo hogar. Trece se pueden abrir con normalidad, pero la decimocuarta está cerrada y tapiada. Cuando por fin consigue abrirla, Coraline se encuentra con un pasadizo secreto que la conduce a otra casa tan parecida a la suya que resulta escalofriante. Sin embargo, hay ciertas diferencias que llaman su atención: la comida es más rica, los juguetes son tan desconocidos como maravillosos y, sobre todo, hay otra madre y otro padre que quieren que Coraline se quede con ellos, se convierta en su hija y no se marche nunca. Pronto Coraline se da cuenta de que, tras los espejos, hay otros niños que han caído en la trampa. Son como almas perdidas, y ahora ella es su única esperanza de salvación. Pero para rescatarlos tendrá también que recuperar a sus verdaderos padres, y cumplir así el desafío que le permitirá volver a su vida anterior.

I knew the movie since many years, only a few weeks ago I did find out that it was actual a book adaptation. I really enjoyed the book a lot! I did read it in German, but I also want to read it in English soon. To the German translation, I already did see that the English book has about twenty more pages. Also, already on the first side of the English version were things told which didn’t appear in the entire German translation. 

The book has some differences to the movie, as the movie has a couple more scenes and also a character more to it, I waited a bit for it to appear also in the book. Here Coraline is more on her own, which I did actual maybe even prefer a bit. I liked her as a character. The book has this dark, haunting atmosphere, it is so well written that I couldn’t put it down! I know it is more described as a book for children rather than for adults, but I can honestly say it due to the writing style and the amazing story it is also very enjoyable for adults! 

I want to read the English version first, before I will review my final thoughts on this story, but I definitely can recommend this book a lot! 

Ann-Sophie

I knew the movie since many years, only a few weeks ago I did find out that it was actual a book adaptation. I really enjoyed the book a lot! I did read it in German, but I also want to read it in English soon. To the German translation, I already did see that the English book has about twenty more pages. Also, already on the first side of the English version were things told which didn’t appear in the entire German translation. 

The book has some differences to the movie, as the movie has a couple more scenes and also a character more to it, I waited a bit for it to appear also in the book. Here Coraline is more on her own, which I did actual maybe even prefer a bit. I liked her as a character. The book has this dark, haunting atmosphere, it is so well written that I couldn’t put it down! I know it is more described as a book for children rather than for adults, but I can honestly say it due to the writing style and the amazing story it is also very enjoyable for adults! 

I want to read the English version first, before I will review my final thoughts on this story, but I definitely can recommend this book a lot! 

amanda s.

wow. own this book for a long time but actually have no intention of reading it since i've watched the movie already but... nothing can ever describe the feeling i have experienced while reading it. it's definitely far more creepy than the movie even though the movie itself perfectly depicting it.

yaya

OH MY TWITCHY WITCHY GIRL I THINK U ARE SO NICE!!!!!!!!!<3

Keď sa v adulthood bojíš príbehu viac ako keď si ho čítala v detstve. Toto je banger jak hovado. Thats it. Thats the review.

Klára Kováčiková 

Atli 💗🧚🏽‍♀️

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I'd watched the film once or twice as a child, but it felt like a fever dream. I swear I couldn't remember anything about it, except that it was eerie and creepy.

honya

i’ve watched coraline at least 6 times now and it’s easily one of my fav movies, so i felt the need to read the book, but when i tell u the book is completely different, i mean it🏃‍♀️ it was still amazing even tho it was more of a filler read for me

Amena Elkayal

"When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave."
"We keep our memories longer than our names. "

As a fan of the movie, I never realized there was a book. Much less that Neil Gaiman wrote it!! Was pleased with the book. Easy listen. About 3 hours (2.5 hrs at 1.5x speed). It's amazingly close to the movie, just that Wilbur isn't a character in the book, but it wasn't a loss. His character always felt unnecessary.  Makes me love the movie more knowing they worked so close to honor the book. Highly Recommend the full production audiobook!! 

Naria

Helene Collon

I had never read the book Coraline before watching the film as a child and have finally gone back and given it a go - and  I'm so glad I did! 

It is a sweet little read with vivid descriptions of the characters and the home, particularly the exploration and development of the protagonist Coraline. The film adaptation is very true to the book, and the way Gaiman writes feels as though you are really there experiencing all of it. 

It was creative and creepy and something I really enjoyed! It is that sort of dark but light hearted genre of fiction that makes it a real pleasure to read. It's an escape set in a realistic world and a wonderful read for children and adults alike! 

Juliet Tuppurainen

I had never read the book Coraline before watching the film as a child and have finally gone back and given it a go - and  I'm so glad I did! 

It is a sweet little read with vivid descriptions of the characters and the home, particularly the exploration and development of the protagonist Coraline. The film adaptation is very true to the book, and the way Gaiman writes feels as though you are really there experiencing all of it. 

It was creative and creepy and something I really enjoyed! It is that sort of dark but light hearted genre of fiction that makes it a real pleasure to read. It's an escape set in a realistic world and a wonderful read for children and adults alike! 

Coraline

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