So I finally

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Coraline, the new gripping obsession
So I finally...

So I finally just broke down and got it from the library. I'd heard good things, even if it *is* just a fad. Believe my reasoning was Ah well, I read the Twilight books, should have no qualms about Coraline. 

I finished a few other books, avoided it for a few days while I felt guilty about getting it, and then picked it up while enduring the car ride to Ohio. And read it in an hour.

Mind candy? Why yes. I believe so.

It wasn't terrible, though. I loathed Coraline's cutesy-smart-lil' girl behaviour, of course, having been hoping for more macabre-type (I mean, really, it's Neil Gaiman), and the evil "other mother" could've been far more twisted and wicked, but overall it was pretty okay.

Assuming that other people have read it, thoughts?

 

submitted by Mary W., age 11.57, Saint Louis, Mi
(July 29, 2009 - 5:26 pm)

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Sorry, I haven't read it.

submitted by Brynne, age 14, Flying away on
(July 30, 2009 - 7:28 am)

I have! Actually, I agree with you on just about everything! But... it's a 'fad' where you live? Interesting... Where I live, no one even knows the book exists. They only know about the movie - which reminds me, is it even legal to base a movie on a book without saying so?

 

I think the movie people would have to get permission from the author of the book.

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submitted by Ima
(July 30, 2009 - 6:05 pm)

I LOVE CORALINE. IT IS THE BEST. I READ THE BOOK, SAW THE MOVIE, AND READ THE COMIC BOOK. SHE IS LIKE ME. I LOVE CORALINE.Smile

submitted by Autumn R., age 9, CT, Simsburry
(July 30, 2009 - 6:31 pm)

I hated this book. I'm not a fan of scary stories, but when I do occasionally read them, I don't get too freaked out once I'm done with the book. But Coraline...I couldn't fall asleep for hours. *shudder*

submitted by Allison
(July 31, 2009 - 3:35 pm)

@ Ima: Well, not as much as other things (*coughs and says nothing*), but to a cerain extent.

Also, did they not give Gaiman credit? I haven't seen the movie, but I might...

@ Allison: Please... that could've been so much better (as in scarier) if it was written by someone else... I actually thought it wasn't nearly scary enough. It was sort of, I don't know, thin. Though I'm not slighting you for getting creeped out... my fourth grade self wanted to sue R. L. Stine for depriving me of sleep. Now, of course, I recognize how corny and ridiculous Goosebumps is.. but nevertheless, fourth grad, so, you know.

submitted by Mary W., age 11.58, Saint Louis, Mi
(July 31, 2009 - 3:43 pm)

I just don't get scared by books easily... I didn't see anything in the movie credits mentioning that there was a book. Not anything at all. It wasn't mentioned in the newspaper article about the movie, either.

submitted by Ima
(July 31, 2009 - 3:52 pm)

It's like how they put "from the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas" so everyone'll think it's Tim Burton.

Poor Henry Selick. He's getting stiffed. :(

Not that I have anything against Burton, of course. *smirk* Can't wait for Alice in Wonderland. 

submitted by TNÖ, age 16, Deep Space
(July 31, 2009 - 5:25 pm)

There's a book?? I saw the movie, and it did freak me out for a while. Now i'm not really a fan of buttons.

submitted by Mathilda B., Greensburg, PA
(July 31, 2009 - 7:18 pm)

That's just what I was talking about. The movie said nothing about a book. I really don't know if they got permission from the author...

submitted by Ima
(August 1, 2009 - 10:15 am)

It smelled worse than "Stinking Bishop" and the plot was horribly put together. 

submitted by Timothy C., age 12, delayed for le
(August 1, 2009 - 12:19 pm)

I thought the plot was very good and original. I really am not usually a fan of horror stories, but I was able to make an exception for this.

submitted by Ima
(August 8, 2009 - 12:40 am)

Eh, it was ok. I've read MUCH better, though.

submitted by Jean
(September 30, 2009 - 8:32 pm)