First Impression Friday – The Graveyard Book

Welcome to another First Impression Friday. In case this is your first time, here’s the rundown:

• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.
• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?
• Link back to Storeys of Stories so I can enjoy reading all the First Impression Fridays out there!

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about The Graveyard Book!

This is one of those books that I didn’t bother reading the synopsis for. Fellow blogger Kiersten talks so highly about it. Plus, it’s Neil Gaiman. What else could I possibly need to know?

I’m a few chapters in, and I’m loving it. I was a little disappointed with myself for not seeing that this was a Jungle Book retelling right off the bat. Maybe I should have read the synopsis after all.

But since figuring that out, it’s upped my enjoyment of it as I try to figure out which characters are Baloo, Bagheera, King Louie, etc.

My prediction: 5 stars!

Fun fact about this post: I’m pretty sure this is considered a children’s book and I don’t really care!