48 HBC #3
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
time spent reading... 4 hours and 15 min
time spent blogging... 15 min
Hmm... this book was interesting. A great beginning hooked me from the start. Parts of the story reminded me of The Labyrinth... especially the ghoul world, and others reminded me of a freaky Tim Burton movie, or characters from a Roald Dahl story. It all begins with a sharp knife. One that kills a mother, a father, and a young girl. Somehow, the baby boy of the family, eludes the killer and crawls his way up the hill to a graveyard that has overtime been turned into a "nature reserve." The ghosts in the graveyard agree to care for the child and protect him from the dangers of the outside world. However, as the boy grows up, his curiosity and desire to know about the world of the living brings Nobody Owens into the face of danger on many occasions. And then he learns the truth about where he came from and that his family's killer might still be alive and looking to finish the job...
The Graveyard Book is this year's Newbery champ. The story was dark, fun, entertaining but I'm not sure I'd rate it up there with my all-time, life changing, mind altering favorites.
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