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Stardustis an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition ofThe Princess BrideandThe Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author ofThe Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. One fateful night, Tristran promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star for her from beyond the Wall that stands between their rural English town (called, appropriately, Wall) and the Faerie realm. No one ever ventures beyond the Wall except to attend an enchanted flea market that is held every nine years (and during which, unbeknownst to him, Tristran was conceived). But Tristran bravely sets out to fetch the fallen star and thus win the hand of his love. His adventures in the magical land will keep you turning pages as fast as you can--he and the star escape evil old witches, deadly clutching trees, goblin press-gangs, and the scheming sons of the dead Lord of Stormhold. The story is by turns thrillingly scary and very funny. You'll love goofy, earnest Tristran and the talking animals, gnomes, magic trees, and other irresistible denizens of Faerie that he encounters in his travels.Stardustis a perfect read-aloud book, a brand-new fairy tale you'll want to share with a kid, or maybe hoard for yourself. (If you read it to kids, watch out for a couple of spicy sex bits and one epithet.)--Therese Littleton
WOW! - a rare treasure of a novel This is an absolutely amazing novel. It isn't often that you come across a novel such as this one. The descriptions are magnificient and you are just swept away in the story until the last page is turned and you must leave the characters behind. The story has many thread ravels that are unleashed throughout the tale which keeps you guessing up to the last chapter. I can't say enough about this except that it isn't everyday you find a novel as wonderful as this one. It is about a hero, Tristran, who leaves his home in the town of wall and sets off to find the Star(who turns out to be a girl). There are many others who are also after the Star, which Tristran must keep her safe from. If you love romanace, fantasy/fairy tales, magic, and good vs evil, you will love this novel! If your looking for another book to read with this one try [[ASIN:0595293956 The North Kingdom]].
Stardust Stardust is much different than other books by Gaiman I read. It's much more lightweight and prefect both for bigger kids and adults. Its a very cute story of a boy, who wanting to marry a girl from his village promises to do anything fr her to say yes. It turns out she wants him to get a star that they saw falling and shortly after that Tristran leaves his family and sets out on a long journey to find that fallen star.Cat Club review: [...] Disclaimer: The following review is written in reguards to younger fans, parents of younger fans, or people of traditonal morality who might wish to read the book in order to point out some possible concerns in a book which otherwise appeals to both children and adults.
There are some books you'd love to whole-heartedly recommend but, because of some unfortunate fact or other, can't. Sometimes you can do so with a disclaimer ("One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a great book but it has a lot of swearing."). Others the bad outweighs the good so while even though you want to tell everyone you know about the funny or clever or beautiful parts you feel you shouldn't. Unfortunately Neil Gaiman's Stardust is one such book. Stardust is the story of a likeable young man in love with a beautiful, disinterested young woman. He travels into the fairy lands in search of a falling star for her. However, many others would like this star (or at least a piece of her), so when Tristran finds the star to be pursued and also very much alive, all havoc breaks loose until the ends are all cleverly tied together and a not altogether unexpected but still deeply satisfying happily ever after is achieved. Neil Gaiman presents a beautiful but gritty fairy world which I would recommend heartily except for two scenes which are inserted it seems just to drive the book to an R rating. Both are necessary for plot but handled much too much to be easily read over. In other words, you don't come away unsullied. I suppose I could just make note of the three pages to skip . . . but then wouldn't it be easier just to buy a book that wouldn't require such holes?
