Review: Coraline

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline and her parents have just moved into an old house that was converted into apartments - all seemingly occupied by strange tennants. When Coraline finds a locked door in the parlour and opens it with a stolen key, what she finds will put her and her parents in imminent danger and she will need to figure out how to escape the spindly-fingered clutches of her Other Mother.

Coraline is a pretty creepy book, or maybe I just find things that are not-quite-normal to be about the creepiest stuff around. For example, Coraline's Other Mother is identical to her real mother except for the fact that the Other Mother has button eyes and very spindly fingers. Sure, maybe it doesn't sound really creepy, but in Neil Gaiman's hands it definitely is!

And the cat is hilarious.

4 stars out of 5 for Coraline.

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