I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

It’s hard to describe Coraline
It’s a children’s book – but I don’t think a kid under 3 would quite get it. I could be wrong, the kids these days seem to start with an IQ of 130 out of the womb or something. But you’d let a kid read Roald Dahl, I think the kid can read Coraline. It’s kinda like that.

It’s interesting, I like the themes in the book, and what the protagonist Coraline embodies. It’s an intelligent girl, curious, spunky and really a typical kid. She gets thrown into a strange situation and she doesn’t lose her compassion. I really like the character. It’s really nice that he wrote about a normal kid, without heaps of supernatural powers, with just courage and good sense.

It’s not a terribly complex book, it was short, and I got the paperback with few pictures. Still I enjoyed it immensely, and I can’t wait till my niece grows old enough to appreciate it. Till then, the book is mine.