The Graveyard Book
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It Takes a Graveyard to Raise a Child.
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world of the dead.
There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.
But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.
A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.
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During my read of the Graveyard book, I suffered a loss. I don't know much about fate, however, this book tremendously helped me coping, even though I had to stop it for a while just after the events. It's been a few months now and I finally finished it completely, signalling the fact that I restarted to read. It healed me as much if not more than the best self-help article about grieving, even though I doubt it was intended too. It helped me coping and more importantly hope. Thank you a million for that Mr Gaiman.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful. I was completely absorbed by the story.
I enjoyed reading this, though I haven't loved other of Gaiman's books. The story is interesting, and I liked the characters. I definitely wanted to keep reading and find out what happened.
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