The Graveyard Book

[kirarakim]

This book was fantastic and it's my favorite of the books I read by Neil Gaiman yet. I also really liked Coraline by him but this tops even that. It's a homage to Kipling's Jungle Book that takes place in a graveyard instead of of a jungle and it's extremely clever

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[haro]

Cool. I've been meaning to read this one. I'll put it on hold. :)

[kirarakim]

I'll be interested to hear what you think but I have a feeling you will enjoy it. :)

[yamikakyuu]

Oh man I havent read Children of Hurin in.....a while XD I feel the same way about Tolkien, I feel more like Im reading an old oral tradition that someone actually wrote down or the fact that somewhere in sometime Biblo and Frodo did really write LOTR and The Hobbit.

Might chk out The Graveyard Book, it sounds cool.

[kirarakim]

I didn't even know about it and then I randomly saw the paperback version in the bookstore and I was like I have to read this and it did not disappoint. Of course I am also one of those Tolkien fans who also likes the silmarillion. XD

But yeah while I do enjoy other fantasy series Tolkien is just something special to me.

It's a very fun book so if you are looking for something to read give it a try.

[sammywhatammy]

I just bought it today \o/ I'm excited!

[kirarakim]

Awesome let me know your thoughts when you are done. :D

[pacificpikachu]

Oh, that book sounds intriguing and right up my alley! I've only read one book that took place in a graveyard, which was A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (a fantastic book by the way! He's my favorite author).

[kirarakim]

Thanks for the Peter S. Beagle rec as I would like to read more by him :)

And the Graveyard Book is great. I loved that Neil Gaiman somehow made a graveyard into a very special place not a scary place at all which is how it is usually depicted in stories.

[pacificpikachu]

Not a problem--I hope you check it out! It's a slightly odd book, but I mean that in a good way. It has great characters even though most of them are already dead at the beginning of the book and one of them is a bird, haha! It's an enjoyable read.

Ooh, cool! Yes, A Fine and Private place does much of the same thing in regards to graveyards.

[kirarakim]

I know some people say Tolkien bores them but I guess it is all a matter of taste. Although he isn't the father of modern fantasy for nothing. :)