Customer Reviews
Very enjoyable - By: Mr. Tm Davies, 13 Aug 2008 
I picked this up when it appeared on my son's reading list for school. I must say children now have such a better range of fiction than they did when I was at school. I could not put it down. It's very creepy & highly enjoyable.
Very Inventive! - By: VC Cox, 17 Jul 2008 I am a confirmed Neil Gaiman fan & so had no qualms about picking up this book - even though it is more for younger readers - & I wasn't disappointed! I thought it worked hard to build up quirky characters & a genuinely creepy atmosphere. In fact, the description of the Other Mother was enough to give me nightmares - & I'min my twenties! Enjoyable for readers of all ages, though perhaps a little too scary for some small children.
what a strange story! - By: busy teacher, 29 May 2008 Read thisin preparation as having it as a class story next term. Think the children will really enjoy it even though it has some very bizarre & spooky ideas, not suitable if your child is easily frightened.
Really, really creepy - By: Mrs. K. A. Wheatley, 23 May 2008 
Gaiman is brilliant & I'm so very glad he moved into the territory of childrens' books, because it means that I can now share his brilliance with my children. This is a little too old for them yet, so they're being weaned on the fantastic, Wolvesin the Walls & The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, but this awaits them eagerly.
This is a mesmerisingly disturbing tale of a young girlin a creepy old house being tricked & gradually sucked into a hideously scary fantasy world that she has to navigate safely. It's a traditional tale & includes the classic themes of abandonment, fear of losing identity & other such nasties, but it's done with the usual Gaiman flair & elegance that turns it into something special.
Coraline is an excellent heroine, something else I really rate about Gaiman. He doesn't write weedy girls. He writes real, feisty girls & it's brilliant.
SPECTACULAR-Best book i have read - By: H. A. Alabih, 22 Feb 2008 This is an absulotly herrific book! It is weird & scary but at the same time,thrilling & very,very,very,very,very imagianitive!!Trust me-YOU WILL NEVER THINK THE SAME ABOUT BLACK BUTTONS AGAIN!!!!!!!!
