Coraline

Critics

• Coraline

  La trama e le recensioni di Coraline, libro per ragazzi di Neil Gaiman. In casa di Coraline ci sono tredici porte che permettono di entrare e uscire da stanze e corridoi. Ma ce n'è anche un'altra, la quattordicesima, che dà su un muro di mattoni. Cos ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Wed, 24 Nov 2010

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman

  Coraline has just moved to a new flat in a huge converted old house. It's the summer holidays, but her parents both work from home and are busy, so operate a general policy of benign neglect. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible on the ground floor offer Cor ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

22 Reviews

• 4 people find this helpful

  

  Excellently creepy novel from the ever-inventive mind of Neil Gaiman.

  Is this helpful?

  guaddess said on Jun 1, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• 2 people find this helpful

  

  Horror-fantasy for children

  I read this book for my eldest son. We already enjoyed the movie and now we enjoyed the book (the Dutch translation). Very creepy sometimes, and very well written. Beautiful language you won't find in children's books all that often.
  The story is about Coraline Jones who has one more week of summer ... (continue)

  I read this book for my eldest son. We already enjoyed the movie and now we enjoyed the book (the Dutch translation). Very creepy sometimes, and very well written. Beautiful language you won't find in children's books all that often.
  The story is about Coraline Jones who has one more week of summer holiday to spend alone in the house to which she just moved with her parents. The latter don't have much time to play with her, so she sets out to explore the house and its surroundings.
  Then she finds a strange door in one of the unused rooms. Behind it she finds a world that mirrors her own, but is slightly different. At first she thinks this world is more interesting, until things begin to change for the worse.

  Is this helpful?

  Corstin said on Feb 23, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• 2 people find this helpful

  *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

  

  Fascinating Fantastic Fairy-tale

  "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
  Coraline opens with a quotation by G.K. Chesterton.
  And, after reading it, I can assure that it is THE fairy tale. Non in the childish meaning of the term, b ... (continue)

  "Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
  Coraline opens with a quotation by G.K. Chesterton.
  And, after reading it, I can assure that it is THE fairy tale. Non in the childish meaning of the term, but in the fact that it REALLY teaches us that evils can be beaten.
  Coraline is an amazing book, it's a story that can be read at various levels, since it will make children thrill and adults frighten.
  Maybe it's the shortest novel by Neil, maybe it's children-targeted. Well, who cares? It just DESERVES to be read, whether you're eight or eighty. That's all.

  Looking forward to watching the movie.

  Ps. Sorry for the capital letters, please read them as if they are in italics.

  Is this helpful?

  Esahettr said on May 2, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• 

  A superbly creepy and surreal fairy tale. Loved it.

  Is this helpful?

  Serena said on Feb 28, 2012 | Add your feedback

• 

  Quite wired... Too much colours, it seems artificial, palstic wrapped...
  It's not so dark as I thought

  Is this helpful?

  tafychan said on Apr 17, 2011 | Add your feedback

• 

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

  Coraline loves to explore. She gets bored at home when she can't go out, so when her parents tell her to explore the house on a rainy day, that's what she does. Unfortunately she discovers a door, which apparently hides a wall, but in reality it's a secret passage to another world. Could she ask for ... (continue)

  Coraline loves to explore. She gets bored at home when she can't go out, so when her parents tell her to explore the house on a rainy day, that's what she does. Unfortunately she discovers a door, which apparently hides a wall, but in reality it's a secret passage to another world. Could she ask for more than exploring a brand new world? But what she'll see and whom she'll meet out there is really creepy. The problem is that escaping this place isn't as simple as entering it. She will have to gather all her courage and cleverness to save herself, the people she loves the most, three little new friends and a cat! I loved this story.

  Is this helpful?

  Katia Guido said on Feb 24, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

See all 22 comments

Book Details

• Rating:
  (816)
  • 5 stars
  • 4 stars
  • 3 stars
  • 2 stars
  • 1 star
• English Books
• Others
• ISBN-10: 964305957X
• ISBN-13: 9789643059576
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2002
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Board Book, School & Library Binding and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Livros em Português, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Polskie Książki, Svenska böcker, Suomenkielisiä kirjoja

Groups with this in collection

• ♥ℓε ƨʋƿɛяҡiҡҡɛ♥ (78)
• The Collective (146)

Groups conversations

• CORALINE Laurelin (1 comment, 1 person)

Margin notes of this book

Prices Change currency & sellers