I haven't seen the new movie out and gratefully so. I like to read the book first before I see a movie so that I can experience it first within my own imagination. (It's always better that way!) This is a super quick read, but I really enjoyed it. I liked the eeriness of the story and am always intrigued at how authors can think up a storyline like this. Very interesting. I also enjoyed the message it conveyed. I like that Coraline decided she could never love her "other mother" even if she did give her all the things she could ever wish for. She couldn't love her because her "other mother" was evil and had no love to return. I liked that Coraline realized and appreciated her real family life after seeing what it could be like otherwise. Every child of mine should read this book and study it every night so that they can realize how good they got it even when I ignore them half the time and feed them "recipes".
