Coraline, dissatisfied with her new home, discovers a door leading to an alternate version of her life where her "other mother" has black button eyes and strange appetites. The "other mother" imprisons Coraline in a twisted version of affection, and Coraline must struggle to save her real family and escape her button-eyed captor's possession before it's too late.
When a local Village boy is poisoned, the quiet Village of Waltham Abbey point a finger at the Greene Witch-the evil spawn of Gunter Greene. Against the admonition of Daniel Goode, the Magistrate, a lynch mob gathers at Waltham Abbey Church and go out to destroy the Greene Witch. The mob chases Anastasia deep into the heart of Epping Forest,stabbing her and her unborn child to death.Looking into their eyes with her emerald eyes, Anastasia places an evil curse on the Village-a curse so deadly that it wipes out half of Europe.
When a local Village boy is poisoned, the quiet Village of Waltham Abbey point a finger at the Greene Witch-the evil spawn of Gunter Greene. Against the admonition of Daniel Goode, the Magistrate, a lynch mob gathers at Waltham Abbey Church and go out to destroy the Greene Witch. The mob chases Anastasia deep into the heart of Epping Forest,stabbing her and her unborn child to death.Looking into their eyes with her emerald eyes, Anastasia places an evil curse on the Village-a curse so deadly that it wipes out half of Europe.
1. Friday, September 21, 2007
Quickie Book Review: Coraline
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman. 2002.
Coraline, dissatisfied with her family's new house & old habits, goes exploring and
finds a door leading to an alternate version of her own life. But this new world is a
little fishy: her "other mother" has black buttons for eyes and seems to have an
insatiable appetite for insects, as well as for Coraline's love. Before long, Coraline
finds herself in a fast-moving existential struggle to save the happiness of her real
family, and her own button-free reality, from a creature who mistakes a prison-like
possession for affection…
Engaging, allegorical, and memorably creepy!
-Lydia Paar