It's fair to say that The Graveyard Book exceeded those expectations. I'm well aware there are other options (hence why I just went a little mad and bought all of his works in one go) but I found the book truly captivating.Īfter watching Henry Selick's film adaptation of Coraline, I expected Gaiman's writing to be charming on the most part. With my first foray into the works of Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book was a great start. I’m looking forward to my next Gaiman experience.įor more reviews, don't forget to check out Reviews in a Pinch today! I would recommend The Graveyard Book and I would give it an even higher recommendation if you’re planning to share it with your kids.

The Graveyard Book was a decent choice for my first Neil Gaiman book, if not a strange choice. I loved the supernatural elements woven throughout The Graveyard Book. His reaction to different situations was different than one might expect if they were raised normally. Our main character, Bod, was not what I expected from the beginning.

I love learning about history through the eyes of historical figures that were actually there (obviously I mean this through books, tv and movies). The characters themselves were pretty cool. In addition to Nobody (terrible name, by the way) readers are introduced to ghosts from all time periods and a witch, not to mention some interesting and horrible humans. The author introduces readers to all sorts in The Graveyard Book. It’s not every day that you read about a boy growing up in a graveyard while being raised by ghosts and what I assume were a vampire and werewolf (but those last 2 were never confirmed with any kind of absolution). The story itself was a bit strange, but also very interesting. I think it added more to the story and it definitely made it one of the more unique books that I’ve read. This may seem like a random thing to notice, but there were illustrations in each chapter. There were illustrations throughout the book that were actually pretty cool. Overall, The Graveyard Book might’ve been a weird one to start with or maybe all of his books are a bit weird. I thought this would be an appropriate October/Halloween read. I’ve always wanted to read a Neil Gaiman book.

სასაფლაოს წიგნი by Neil Gaiman