The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman essentially is a children's book. Yet, by the very sound of the title and the illustration on the cover, you can sort of guess that it's not anything light and fluffy.
Honestly, I have never been a fan of Neil Gaiman. I thought his adult fiction was boring, unexciting and very, very confusing and dull. However, I have always been a big fan of children's literature so naturally, this attracted by attention.
I love children's literature because you can be dark and scary and coat every single word with double meanings and yet, it will still remain essentially innocent. And this is exactly just that.
The book is story of a boy named Nobody Owens who is raised in a graveyard by ghosts when his family is murdered. He is adopted by an old ghost couple and becomes the ward of Silas - an honour guard. As he grows older, he starts to realize that there is more to his guardian than just what appears on the outside. He also starts to realize his role in the story and why he was brought to the graveyard.
The story is so very interesting, quirky, dark and deep and yet, somehow, light and fun. You definitely will get more and more intrigued by the darkness and suspense building up in the pages as you go on.
It's not something normal and it's not something you come across every day so I definitely recommend it. The book is very thin - easy to read and would make a good bedtime story.
Though for some reason, I'm not going to let anyone below 15 touch it. Much too dark for a supposed 'children's' story.
Honestly, I have never been a fan of Neil Gaiman. I thought his adult fiction was boring, unexciting and very, very confusing and dull. However, I have always been a big fan of children's literature so naturally, this attracted by attention.
I love children's literature because you can be dark and scary and coat every single word with double meanings and yet, it will still remain essentially innocent. And this is exactly just that.
The book is story of a boy named Nobody Owens who is raised in a graveyard by ghosts when his family is murdered. He is adopted by an old ghost couple and becomes the ward of Silas - an honour guard. As he grows older, he starts to realize that there is more to his guardian than just what appears on the outside. He also starts to realize his role in the story and why he was brought to the graveyard.
The story is so very interesting, quirky, dark and deep and yet, somehow, light and fun. You definitely will get more and more intrigued by the darkness and suspense building up in the pages as you go on.
It's not something normal and it's not something you come across every day so I definitely recommend it. The book is very thin - easy to read and would make a good bedtime story.
Though for some reason, I'm not going to let anyone below 15 touch it. Much too dark for a supposed 'children's' story.
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