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The audio book version of this was really fun to listen to because Neil Gaiman narrates. I do love Neil Gaiman's stories, but Stardust was less my cup of tea than The Graveyard Book or The Ocean at The End of The Lane, which are told with a similar fairy-tale flair, but have a bit more characterization to hold onto.
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Tristan Thorn is on a mission. His beloved Victoria has promised to do anything he desires if he can bring her back the star they watched fall from the sky. So Tristan sets off across the wall into Faerie to retrieve the fallen star. Little does he know, he's not the only one searching for the star...
I loved this book. Loved it! It's a satisfying fairy tale with plenty of magic and legend. Tristan has discovered a world where he has powers and where the nursery rhymes he learned as a boy are act ...more
I loved this book. Loved it! It's a satisfying fairy tale with plenty of magic and legend. Tristan has discovered a world where he has powers and where the nursery rhymes he learned as a boy are act ...more
I want to give this book 3.5 stars, but I'll go with 4 because I have a crush on Neil Gaiman.
There are definitely no surprises in this book -- as soon as a theme or character or conflict is introduced, the reader can guess with near certainty how that theme/character/conflict will tidily wrap up. But the beauty of the book is the journey, not the end. It's sort of fairy tale-like in that way -- you know what's going to happen, but you keep reading eagerly because it's so fun and moral and just ...more
There are definitely no surprises in this book -- as soon as a theme or character or conflict is introduced, the reader can guess with near certainty how that theme/character/conflict will tidily wrap up. But the beauty of the book is the journey, not the end. It's sort of fairy tale-like in that way -- you know what's going to happen, but you keep reading eagerly because it's so fun and moral and just ...more
I listened to this on audiobook, read by Neil Gaiman himself. Wonderful! I am not normally one for fantasy books but I really enjoyed it.
Mar 05, 2010
Jenny
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