'This book will send a shiver down your spine, out through your shoes and into a taxi to the airport.  It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece.  And you will never think about buttons in quite the same way again.' —— Terry Pratchett

'I think this book will nudge Alice in Wnderland out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love.' ——
Diana Wynne Jones

'This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death. Unless you want to find yourself hiding under your bed, with your thumb in your mouth, trembling with fear and making terrible noises, I suggest that you step very slowly away from this book and go find another source of amusement, such as investigating an unsolved crime or making a small animal out of yarn.' —— Lemony Snicket

'An imaginative, surreal story that will scare and enthral' —— The Sunday Tribune (Dublin)

'This is a delicious literary treat with strong appeal for both boys and girls across a broad age range.' —— The Bookseller

'If you like to be spooked then Neil Gaiman's new novel, Coraline, is just the ticket. This dark tale of a young girl's discovery of a parallel world in her new home will keep you gripped.' —— Alternative Kidz magazine

'This is scary stuff indeed. Coraline by Neil Gaiman is an intelligent, original novel that delights in exploring an uncanny world of ever-changing rules…I found the book quite frightening, but I am sure that it will find a wide audience of children who, like me, will love its eccentricity and the author's considerable storytelling skills.' —— Barbara Pendrigh, Bookseller

'A brilliantly spooky and chilling novel for young adults, written by the bestselling fantasy author Neil Gaiman; a modern rival to Alice in Wonderland.' —— Starred Choice, Publishing News

'Delicate and extraordinary, it reads like Alice in Wonderland crossed with Stephen King.' —— Independent on Sunday

'If any writer can get the guys to read about the girls, it should be Neil Gaiman…His new novel, Coraline… is a dreamlike adventure… For all its gripping nightmare imagery, this is actually a conventional fairy story with a moral.' —— Daily Telegraph

'…I was looking forward to Coraline, and I wasn't disappointed. In fact, I was enthralled. This is a marvellously strange and scary book…' —— Philip Pullman, Guardian

'Gaiman is too intelligent and subtle to invoke the supernatural — this is much more mysterious than that — and too wise to let Coraline face the horrors alone: she has an ally in a sardonic and very feline cat. But the dangers are real, and part of the richness of the story comes from the fact that it offers many meanings without imposing any.' —— Philip Pullman, Guardian

'Gaiman's ear is acute…There is much more. There is the tender and beautifully judged ending; ..ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing.' —— Philip Pullman, Guardian

'A spooky tale which mixes Tim Burton, Roald Dahl with Alice in Wonderland. Amazingly original and very creepy.' —— What's on in London

'Echoes of many earlier fantasies may be heard by readers of Coraline…But such is the originality and power of Gaiman's splendid novel that future reviewers may find themselves noting 'echoes of Coraline'. Sometimes funny, always creepy, genuinely moving, this marvellous spine-chiller will appeal to readers from nine to ninety.' —— Books for Keeps

'This is an undoubtedly scary but riveting story. Look out for more novels by this clever, accomplished author; the imagination it has taken to develop this story is truly mind-boggling.' —— Good Book Guide

'Coraline is a masterpiece of horror — and you won't be able to put it down. It could easily end up being the most disturbing book you have ever read.' —— South China Morning Post

'An extraordinary novel by a very gifted storyteller. Adults find it terrifying; children lap it up. It's utterly original, and written with elegance and power.' —— Philip Pullman, Observer Books of the Year

'Spooky, surreal and utterly spine-chilling, Gaiman's first book for children will grip even the most reluctant reader.' —— Financial Times

'And if you're not scared enough, try the excellent audio tape on which Gaiman's quietly menacing prose is brilliantly read by Dawn French.' —— Financial Times

'Alice with attitude in a dark, creepy, graphically described Wonderland. A gripping and moving tale which restores child readers to a safe normality.' —— TES

'The cult books of the hour are, deservedly, …Neil Gaiman's weird and haunting Coraline…a masterly treatment of  a common childhood — and adulthood — nightmare.' —— The Times

'Best Buy for Teenagers: Gaiman's spooky Coraline' —— The Times

'Coraline leaves a haunting chill. Coraline's slip between the real and the unreal world is delicately conveyed, and all the more deadly for it.' —— Julia Eccleshare, Guardian

'Although this surreal tale of suspense might frighten the socks off some nine-year-old and upwards, it could also spark their imagination. This is a modern fairytale that could give older classics a nudge off the bookshelf — at least in the children's library.' —— The Lady

'The large print and apparent simplicity of the writing that one encounters in the opening pages of this novel belie a beautifully crafted, surreal and sinister story that is somewhere between Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland. Neil Gaiman is well practised in bringing the Gothic world of the imagination vividly to life upon the page. But he is also a wonderfully observant writer and a master scene-setter and, in Coraline, has created a dark and compelling fairy tale for the 21st century teenager.' ——  School Librarian

'If you enjoy being spooked, this is the book for you!' —— Lion and Unicorn Newsletter

'This is a deliciously spooky modern-day fairy tale.' —— Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Awards
Coraline hardback edition was on The Times bestseller list for 4 weeks; paperback was on for one.
2003 Hugo Award for best Novella
2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
2003 Book Sense Book of the Year nominee
2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella
An ALA Notable Children's Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Guardian Unlimited Best of 2002 (UK)
A School Library Journal Best Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book
A Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
A Book Magazine Best Book
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon winner
A New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
An IRA/CBC Children's Choice
A BookSense pick
An Amazon.com Editors' Choice
The GreenManReview.com 2002 Best Book for Younger Readers
A Book Slut 2002 pick of the year
Voted a Publishers Weekly Best New Audio Tape (US)