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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
More of a four and a half really I love Neil Gaiman, and my eleven year old son loved Coraline, so I bought this book to read to him at bedtimes. He didn't like it and asked me to start a different book instead when we were only a couple of chapters in. (We went on to the third book in the Philip Reeve Mortal Engines series, which we're both enjoying). I kept reading The Graveyard book on my own though, and I enjoyed it very much. I liked the mythical lyrical quality of the writing, as well as the believable characters and humour - and the... more info
One of his best I found this book enjoyable, and wonderfully colourful. The vast supporting cast of the dead and undead, from Silas, Bod's vampiric mentor, the deceased jack and vera duckworth-esque owens' to the rather less pleasant but humourously named ghouls (the 33rd President of the united States, the famous writer Victor Hugo) are offset against the true menace of our young protagonists situation. From the outset the `Jacks' have pursued this unknowing innocent, and his graveyard utopia is increasingly... more info
A good, light hearted, escapism book. I've just finished reading this and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Like I said in the title it was easy to read, funny in places and a good, light-hearted, escapism book. I would recommend it to anyone. The lack of a 5th star only comes from the fact that I wish Neil would have gone into a bit for detail about the characters Silas and Miss Lupescu. I found myself left wanting for a bit more involvement from these two characters. I also got a tad frustrated by the haziness of what went on between them and the... more info
This could well be a future Classic! In a nutshell: A fine read primarily aimed at the junior reader, but with enough maturity to be able to be enjoyed by all. The Graveyard Book has the potential to be a future classic in the same vein as the one that inspired it, The Jungle Book (and other greats such as Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard in Oz and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe etc.), and for that reason alone I consider this novel unmissable.
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