Piper Lehr’s Reviews > Coraline > Status Update

This book is different from the movie, though I’d still say they did a pretty good job adapting it. I understand now they probably needed Wybie to get her to externalize her dialogue.

I didn’t expect the trials to be different, though. The animals are more actively obstacles for the book. The people in book world simply like inactive shells of bodies, whereas they’re played up in the movie.

I just love Neil Gaiman. His stories are so whimsical. The source material for Coraline is as good as the movie. Although, I wonder why they created an entire character just for the film. Whybie isn’t in the book at all.