Search - Stardust

It's billed as an adult fairy tale, but it is very much like any child's/young adult fantasy journey, except there is one mild sex scene and one use of the F word. It was the type of story that would have appealed to me as a tween, but seems to be written too "young" for something geared toward adults.

This book is a great quick read. I love the story (though the movie is pretty true to the book) and the characters do feel well-developed to me. I love how much of the past connects to the present in this story.

You don't have to be a Gaiman fan to enjoy this book. It's a quick read, and though it doesn't delve too far past subverting cliches of the fairy tale story, it's a well-written satire on the genre. Guiltless fluff is how I would describe it.

Just as good as I remembered it. Neil Gaiman's a creepy writer.

This is the romantic story of Tristran who travels in the land of faerie to find a star that fell when he knelt to propose to the beautiful Victoria who says she will accept him when he brings her the star. His adventures are many but the dauntless young man survives all and finds the star linking her to him with a silver chain. Yvaine hates Tristran and he plans to take her home to Victoria but when he saves her life from the witch queen she is bound to him forever. The two travel to the wall which he crosses to visit his family and the lovely Victoria who vows to keep her promise in spite of the fact that she loves someone else. This is a romantic read most appropriate for young readers.

I didn't really feel too much attachment to the characters until much later in the book. It seemed to have taken its time in the beginning to build up an attachment to Dunstan Thorn and the slave lady, and then after that it just seemed to jump around and not really leave me yearning to read more and more. It was a cute story but also a sad story. I enjoyed it, I was just wishing to enjoy it much more. I am a little disappointed. I was not expecting to read a sex scene at all in this either (right in the beginning).