Book Review — Coraline by Neil Gaiman

I was feeling bored in the room.
It was Friday night; we had the drinks ready and all the stuffs needed to make dumplings. But my friends wanted to play 'just' one more match before the toast; so there I was — bored.

Having no charge left in my phone & nothing to do, I picked my tab and started going through my stack of downloaded books.
I wasn’t in a mood to read informational stuffs, so when I came across Coraline by Neil Gaiman, which I had started reading (albeit a few pages) a couple of weeks ago, I picked it.

So there I was, bored me reading about bored Coraline, written so interestingly.

I loved how the story showed things through her eyes. And how the story moved forward — the visuals, sounds, dialogues, and actions.

There is this line:
"There was a cold, musty smell coming through the open doorway: it smelled like something very old and very slow."

Now how does something smell very slow? It shouldn't have made sense, right? But it does and I could understand it pretty well.

The writing style is marvellous. I could feel the scenes through Coraline's eyes. And I absolutely loved how his choice of words, especially the action verbs, makes everything so vivid and interesting.

Neil Gaiman wrote the book for his daughter and while it's meant to be a children's book, I had a great time reading it. The theme of the book, I feel, is the celebration of the ordinary, mundane, and boring bits of life; these are the flavours that enhances life and makes it worth striving for.

Looking forward to reading more of his works.
Suggestions are welcome!

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