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Stardust

Neil Gaiman

Start date: March 15, 2010

Finish date: April 15, 2010

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Nov 20, 2009 Jennifer Conner rated it liked it

Tristran Thorn has an interesting background. His father was born in Wall, behind it’s wall. His mother was born in Faerie and has never been to Wall. The closest she came was to the Market that resides just outside of Wall every nine years. When Tristran was born, he was left by the wall with only his name. His father and his new wife took Tristran in and raised him. Tristran grows up in Wall not knowing of how he got there. On the brink of adulthood, he falls in love with the most beautiful gi ...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Haley rated it really liked it

Shelves: epic, romance, fiction, fantasy, couldn-t-put-down, read-in-2010

*deepbreath* Haven't done a review in a while...here goes...
Neil Gaiman describes this as a fairy tale for adults. I would have to agree with him. Stardust has an ethereal, spinning-wheel, enchanting essence that makes it impossible to be otherwise. However, there is a very "adult" scene between the father of the boy, Tristran, who will find his Heart's Desire, and this enslaved faerie woman.
It also has the modern disullusionment of people that take the easy way out, like Tristran's father, Duns ...more

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