I thought this would be easier with the wonky formatting on mobile now that I have a new iPad, but no. Not really. Anyway…
Wow. I wanted to binge read this all in one day last Thanksgiving last year, and now… it’s about a year later, and I’m only now like halfway done. I fail at this.
OK, time to get started. With the Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion soundtrack playing in the background.
So, yeah, it’s the next day now, and Coraline forgot that she was in the Other House at first.
And of course the wardrobe is full of cool clothes that Coraline’s actual parents would’ve never bought her.
No, but that stone has to be important if it snapped Coraline back to reality a bit.
OK, so, the Other Father just said that the Other Mother is trying to change the doors to keep the cat out. That’s a bad sign. And he looks faker than he did before. Also, he probably just Said Too Much.
And he Said Too Much Again when saying the Other Mother’s world currently only is modeled after Coraline’s house and the grounds.
Yeah, the random snow globe that’s on the fireplace mantle in this world but not the real world isn’t suspicious at all…
So, yeah, now Coraline’s trying to explore the emptiness beyond what the Other Mother bothered to create to keep Coraline there. And the cat’s coming with her.
And… she’s not really going anywhere other than in circles.
That statement from the cat about a spiderweb is suspiciously ominous.
Of course the rats here are the Other Mother’s spies disguised as the old man’s pets.
Oh, fun. The Other Mother doesn’t have a reflection in the mirror. And that line about not trusting mirrors is suspicious.
Come on Coraline. The Other Mother isn’t letting you go home so easily this time.
No, but really. She ain’t gonna let you go now, especially now that you’re seeing how creepy she really is…
And now Coraline’s getting thrown into a secret closet behind the mirror.
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