Coraline is a dark fantasy children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman , and published in 2002 , Even the cover is creepy and coraline looks like she's made of clay . . I have seen the movie and now read the book and to be honest , I among many others found the book more creepier than the movie than ever .
So the book is definitely more creepy and dark , and oh so black , even the blood from the other mother . Coraline is still described as a strong young teen who even though scared she is still so very brave , and goes into this new world with a plan , more so than she did in the movie . Now the rats in this book have real red bright blood , as the cat killed a rat to help coraline get what she needed to get out of that world , the rats seemed more dark and scratchy and awfully scary , with fur as black as coal or as night itself , and these rats had bloody red eyes , they peered in the night , at only those they want to fright . You notice the rats sooner in the book , than the movie , and they sing a creepy song through out the book , which just gets more creepier the more they sing it in the book, which I think is only 3 , or 4 times , we also notice the door leading to the other world , is bigger and more ornate than the one in the movie , its just a small wooden door which is actually similar to the one I have behind my sofa , which I call the under stair cupboard , and behind this ornate door , was a wall made of bricks , no place to go ,.. unlike the movie . BLOOD , DARK , BLACK , SCARY FEATURES OF THIS BOOK , COME TO LIFE MORE SO THAN THE MOVIE , HE HAS CREATED A PRETTY SCARY ATMOSPHERE with all the descriptions and colors , or should I say colorless of this world they are in , grey mist and darkness befalls this world no color its just greyness . Creations the other mother made to lure in coraline to a fantastic house with fantastic parents , but all she needed to do was sew big black shinny buttons into her eyes and give up her soul to the other mother , and forget her own mother at the same time .which the other mother stole , later in the book , well actually sooner than the movie did . you kind of get the image of the other mother as being a spider like creature through her behavior which was erratic and chaos like , always moving in such a way that made you think of a big black thin scary spider , that was how the descriptions described her in some places , she moved her hands like spiders , always moving and tapping with her long thin fingers , with blood red nails , it just came across spider like to me , which if you hate spiders , it would have freaked you out more , even her black shinny hair swayed with the waves of being in water , but they were not in water , so that was saying her hair had a mind of its own , like being stacked up upon hundreds of spiders , playing along to one master spider . A full sets of teeth , and blood red nails , rats with eyes of blood red , there were no reflections of the other mother in the book , and just not many other characters in the book either , so it made the feeling of being more alone and creepier than the movie it self . I loved both the movie and the book , and even though I read the book after the movie , it described things that the movie never which I think added to the creepiness' . Descriptions like I killed my mother said the other mother , and how the creations looked and felt like clay were dripping and Rotting , and decaying in this world . I just loved the whole book , and I would definitely re read this book again . Im not gona give the story line away , but its just a fabulous read and i recommend you all watch the movie and then read the book , or vice versa . 4**** out of 5*****
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hiya guys , firstly , I actually found this book a very fast read , even though it took me a week to read, secondly the illustrations were beautifully done ,and added that little bit of mystery and wonder to the book read itself , the story was fabulous , exciting and scary , and in places very sad . I also found that there were some parts of the book that were not in the movie , and the movie was also in Spanish too , so it was nice to read it in English .
basically this is a story of a lost princess , she left her underworld kingdom and went to the surface , to our world , but she got lost and died 320 years ago , and every time she came back she could not find her way home , so the members of her kingdom sent out items to help her find her way back to her mother and father of the under world kingdom. This is where they find ofelia traveling with her mother to her new home and to a new father , a monster her mother had married and she even became pregnant by him , ofelia had to call him father , but she did not like him and her new father rarely like little girls either. . so she meets all kinds of great characters on her journey doing quests and tasks to get everything she needs to return home to her under world kingdom and if she makes it back .there are not so nice characters in the book as well as unusual ones to , with fairies , toads , scary monsters that kill naughty children , and magical doorways , and betrayal , murder and war and death and love and sadness .I was so happy I had actually finished it , I loved the whole book , OK , I read this book in like 10 minutes , as once I started I could not put it down so to speak , she takes you on a darkest adventure , which most of us could relate , as we all have bad days , and worse maybe . I found it captivating and passionate work , which only inspired me to write more of my poetry , the poems give off loads of emotions , and you just feel her energy in her words . I found each poem very inspiring indeed and was captivated all through the book , I just could not put it down at all , that's why I finished so quickly .
This book was very colorful , it makes you thirst for more , blood red passion all through , no doubt at all . will re read again soon , as now I have this in my library . I also thought the cover was amazing and really told me more about how the book was written and what sort of idea of the emotions inside . I find poetry , very relaxing even if it is dark , and exhilarating , blood thirsty writing . I would definitely read more of her work if she asked me too . Great read , and pleased I did . Ok even though it was such a short novel I loved it through and through , chief was a good worker and I loved how he had always good things to say to who ever he meet on his travels around the big building he called work he was wise and sympathetic towards his colleagues and was willing to help anyone out when needed , the characters might of been a bit silly or unrelateable at times , even something from a movie, but the storyline and the idea around the story was really well done , the characters were described well enough to know maybe how they would of worked in the building together .
Sometimes you think he ( chief ) was being taken advantage of .. but you soon realize that its not what you think it is . I also think the author has written a well thought out piece of writing , and i was disappointed when it actually came to the end . But I liked the twist at the end , and it made me feel better about the actual overall book , and storyline. It happens doesn't it , people judge people before they get to know others , but I felt , sometimes the chief was respected , but other times not so much . But I'm glad the good got what they deserved and the darn disrespectful got what they deserved too. Great book , this has been added to my library for a great short read . So yer 4 stars out of 5 , mostly because I rarely give 5 stars . Thankyou John lyttle ||| for giving me the chance to read it . I enjoyed it very much . |
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