Why? Because when he was just a baby, the rest of his family was murdered, and he escaped. I cannot properly express how moved I was by this story, what I did not expect: to be in literal tears at the end of this book.īod Owens lives in a graveyard. And as someone who grew up reading quite a lot of Dickens, it really touched my heart. I loved the diction and dialogue so much, and the characters were just so delightful- almost Dickensian. I have been meaning to read his work forever and finally got a chance to dive in! This was actually my first Neil Gaiman book. Nobody “Bod” Owens is a living boy raised by ghosts in an old cemetery, and he is the main character of Neil Gaiman’s brilliant novel, “The Graveyard Book.” The book is a perfect story for this time of year: full of spookiness but also beautiful, hopeful insights about life. In moments like this, I wish I was a child growing up with Neil Gaiman’s books. “You’ll be one of the select band, of the cleverest, strongest, bravest creatures ever,” bragged the Bishop of Bath and Wells. “Nope,” said the 33rd President of the United States. “Nor I,” said the Emperor of China, proudly. “I don’t remember anything about the days before I was a ghoul,” said the famous writer Victor Hugo. GAYATHRI KRISHNAMOORTHY, Evergreen columnist
