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“3.5. I've seen the movie, and as much as I enjoyed it, I'm glad I read the book. It has filled in a few gaps, and made the story more coherent. This is a bit of a morality tale, and a twisted fairy tale. I love the artist Dave McKean. His work is alway unique.
cpauley929 wrote this review Saturday, November 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This story is about a young girl whose mother falls ill, and she feels responsible for it. She's an adolescent, and arguing with her parents is an everyday affair. She wants to leave the circus she works in with her parents for a real life. When frustrated, she disappears into her own fantasy world with her drawings. Before she knows it, this world is suddenly more terrifyingly real than she ever expected.
Gaiman's always good even when it's not his best. This is a bit along the lines of Coraline, and is so very creative.”“Title: Mirromask (children's edition)
Tori H wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Author: Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
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Summary: This book tells a story of a young girl who wants to escape the circus life to enter real life, and the mask that makes it possible. Is it a dream or was it real? She experiences an adventure and finds herself wanting to get back home. This book is an illustrated collectors book from the film Mirrormask.
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alter ego's ”“Fun little twenty-minute read. I read it because I love the movie so much.”
Eilonwy G wrote this review Tuesday, August 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A perfect example of Gaiman's craftmanship. He took something as nonsensical as a dream and made sense of it. I love Gaiman's writing because he takes some profund bit of simple wisdom, and wraps it fantasy for easy digestion, and this book is a prime example of that.”
J. Nathan wrote this review Wednesday, April 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Although I really like Neil Gaiman this story was a bit too far into fantasy for me to follow. Liked Coraline more.”
Michelle L wrote this review Friday, August 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It was like reading Coraline meets Alice in Wonderland; too reminiscent of these books to be impressive on its own.”
Alice in Hyrule wrote this review Friday, April 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“basically just a book version of the movie. now the movie itself was pretty awesome and beautiful, I just mark it down because there were a few too many times when it felt like a big Dave McKean masturbation.”
Angrbotha wrote this review Tuesday, April 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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