I love Coraline, so reading it again was fun. This graphic novel closely followed the book, which was nice. But I didn't feel like the art style matched the story, really. P. Craig Russell's art is very clean, detailed, and specific. Coraline, and Neil Gaiman's stories in general, tend to have a dreamlike quality to them. You're not really sure of anything, but the logic within it makes sense in its own way. The two styles didn't really mesh well for me. However, I really like Russell's rendition of the Other Mother and Mr. Bobo the crazy man upstairs.
Overall, it was good. I may quibble about the art, but reading Coraline in this form was still delightful.
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I had no idea they had a graphic novel! Kind of surprised by the cover since the illustrations of the book were so surreal in comparison, like you mentioned. I'll definitely have to check it out though!
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