Stardust by Neil Gaiman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stardust
Book Review: Okay, but that's it.
Summary: 3 Stars
I was eager to read this book after watching the movie. I typically like to do it the other way around, as most of the time, the book is way better than the movie. This book, however, is not as good as the movie, and I was sorely disappointed. I thought the book was cute, but I was looking for more depth in the characters and more story from the movie, but found that the movie had more. The changes made for the movie were wise, and would have been better in the book as well.Book Review: Pleasing prose, not enough meat on the bones
Summary: 3 Stars
I found out about this book (as many people likely will) because I saw the movie preview and was intrigued. As a lover of fantasy stories, I decided to check it out. I enjoyed the descriptions and the quirky turns of phrase, but I would have liked a little more story. The characters were interesting enough to lend enough material for a book twice as long. I felt that some story lines emerged and disappeared equally quickly. Gaiman glosses over weeks or even months of traveling and adventures, material that would likely have made the most interesting parts of the story. As I said, Gaiman's voice and diction are great, but the story left a bit to be desired.Book Review: QUICK, Before the movie comes out!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I guess it was patently inevitable that Stardust would be made into a film. The book is so perfectly romantic. Hollywood is just the hole this particular peg was destined for.
More's the pity, since Stardust lives SO vividly on the page!
Hurry, snatch this one up, set aside an evening before August 10th and sink yourself lovingly into the land of Faerie, where ships navigate the skies fishing for lightning bolts, where witches live as both ageless reflections and bitter concoctions, where a small Victorian British town sits not only on the brink of modernity but between how things are and all the things they could never be.
The movie might end up being good, but it is certain not to be as good as what you'll see in the spaces between these pages.
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Book Review: Quick fairy-tale read
Summary: 3 Stars
In old English times, young Tristan has fallen in love with the most beautiful girl in the village of Wall. She does promised him a kiss if he retrieved a fallen star, so he goes off searching for it.
A quick read, written like the old fairy tales with flowery language. It reads as if it was written in the time that it takes place. It has the fantasy twist where beyond the Wall is a whole different world that most people in the village are not allowed to travel, but Tristan is able. He goes off having adventures, searching and finding the star, trying to get her back to Wall when she doesn't want to go with him and is angry that she fell in the first place.
I enjoyed the star's spunk and unwillingness to cooperate with the young man trying to kidnap her, even though he didn't see it that way. He viewed her as an object and finally sees her as more than that, even though she isn't human, she still has feelings. Tristan was still likeable, even when he was so bull-headed and clueless that the girl he loved back home could care less about him. He grows up on his adventures, even though the entire book zips along really quickly.
I would have liked if some parts were expanded upon more. I felt like parts of it were getting interesting and then it moved onto the next part. It wasn't a sudden jerk to a new topic, but the event would be wrapped up quickly or summarizes instead of told. Beyond that, it was a nice, sweet book.
Book Review: Short, sweet fairytale
Summary: 4 Stars
A surprisingly romantic fantasy from Gaiman. A good read for those who want a heroic journey through fairyland.