![]() ![]() There is plenty of darkness, but the novel's ultimate message is strong and life affirming….this is a rich story with broad appeal., This is an utterly captivating tale that is cleverly told through an entertaining cast of ghostly characters. How he has managed to combine fascinating, friendly, frightening and fearsome in one fantasy I shall never know, but he has pulled it off magnificently - perfect for Halloween and any other time of the year., This is an utterly captivating tale that is cleverly told through an entertaining cast of ghostly characters. In this novel of wonder, Neil Gaiman follows in the footsteps of long-ago storytellers, weaving a tale of unforgettable enchantment., This is, quite frankly, the best book Neil Gaiman has ever written. I want to see more of the adventures of Nobody Owens, and there is no higher praise for a book., The Graveyard Book is everything everyone loves about Neil Gaiman, only multiplied many times over, a novel that showcases his effortless feel for narrative, his flawless instincts for suspense, and above all, his dark, almost silky sense of humor., THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by turns exciting and witty, sinister and tender, shows Gaiman at the top of his form. I want to see more of the adventures of Nobody Owens, and there is no higher praise for a book., After finishing The Graveyard Book, I had only one thought - I hope there's more. …this ghost-story-cum-coming-of-age-novel as readable as it is accomplished., I wish my younger self could have had the opportunity to read and re-read this wonderful book, and my older self wishes that I had written it., After finishing The Graveyard Book, I had only one thought - I hope there's more. There is plenty of darkness, but the novel's ultimate message is strong and life affirming.this is a rich story with broad appeal., Lucid, evocative prose and dark fairy-tale motifs imbue the story with a dreamlike quality. The Graveyard Book is another surprising and terrific book from Neil Gaiman.' (Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife), This is an utterly captivating tale that is cleverly told through an entertaining cast of ghostly characters. One might call this book a small jewel, but in fact it's much bigger within than it looks from the outside., Lucid, evocative prose and dark fairy-tale motifs imbue the story with a dreamlike quality.this ghost-story-cum-coming-of-age-novel as readable as it is accomplished., 'It takes a graveyard to raise a child.My favorite thing about this book was watching Bod grow up in his fine crumbly graveyard with his dead and living friends. Té molt poques pàgines i quasi tot són diàlegs amb poques descripcions llargues però és molt intens en la història.The Graveyard Book manages the remarkable feat of playing delightful jazz riffs on Kipling's classic Jungle Books. És un llibre dins del que es considera literatura juvenil però t'asseguro que els adults l'apreciaran igualment. ![]() ![]() El primer que he de dir es que Gaiman té una forma d'escriure que enamora d'una manera entranyable, divertida i amb un aire fantàstic a la vegada. Té molt poques pàgines i quasi tot són diàlegs amb poques descripcions llargues però és molt Tenia moltes ganes de llegir algo original, fóra del que estava llegint i que m'agradés especialment i em vaig trobar amb aquesta bonica història. Tenia moltes ganes de llegir algo original, fóra del que estava llegint i que m'agradés especialment i em vaig trobar amb aquesta bonica història. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls friendship with a witch, and so much more.īut it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.Ī deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.more Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world of the dead. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sle Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. ![]()
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