¡°Gaiman¡¯s tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them.¡± ¡ª Washington Post Book World
¡°A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings¡¦Well done.¡± ¡ª New York Times Book Review
¡°Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful¡¦can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply.¡± ¡ª San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
¡°A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on.¡± ¡ª Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
¡°Gaiman¡¯s pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative touch.¡± ¡ª Bulletin of the Center for Children¡¯s Books
¡°Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.¡± ¡ª Philip Pullman, The Guardian
¡°The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.¡± ¡ª Diana Wynne Jones
¡°It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.¡± ¡ª Terry Pratchett
¡°An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.¡± ¡ª Publishers Weekly (starred review)
¡° Walk through the door and you¡¯ll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil.¡± ¡ª USA Today
¡°So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. ¡ª Globe and Mail (Toronto)
¡°Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears.¡± ¡ª Times Educational Supplement
¡°A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family.¡± ¡ª Orson Scott Card
¡°Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. ¡± ¡ª Christian Science Monitor
¡°A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale.¡± ¡ª Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
¡°Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book.¡± ¡ª School Library Journal (starred review)