I am usually very bad at writing reviews about books that I enjoyed up to giving them 5 stars, but I'll try my best. 
 This is a kind, deep, magical, intriguing story about Nobody Owens who was raised in a graveyard by ghosts and those alike. I am certain that The Graveyard Book would be of interest even to those who think that fantasy-like stories are only meant for kids. 
 A couple of facts describing this book: 
 - It's a story you never want to stop reading and you're sad when it's over (and there aren't many like that around, right?); 
 - It's funny, it's sad, it's weird, it's unexpected, it's not a tiny bit stupid, it's morally instructive; 
 - Gaiman's style reminded me so much of JK Rowling's. I'd describe it as complicatedly simple and eternally inventive; 
 - It took Gaiman 20 years to write this (sadly) short story. I guess that's another reason behind its brilliance; 
 - I am convinced that one of the essential points of a great novel are evil characters who are not plainly bad, but have some kind of adequate reasoning and background for it and they're also the kind of characters you enjoy reading about and don't want them to die. That's exactly how Gaiman treated his evil heroes. 
 I could go on praising this story forever. For me it is perfect. I'll definitely be going back to it at some point. After all, what else can prove the splendour of a book if not the fact that you wouldn't mind living in a graveyard yourself after reading it? You (meaning me for sure) definitely would!