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Feb 07, 2008
Joshua
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This novel is utterly fantastic and mesmerizing. When I first read it, I could feel the very magic in the story surround me, enchanting me all the way. Written in quite a different tone and style from Gaiman's previous prose works, this novel is more in tune with the lyrical, fantastic novels of the pre-Tolkien days. The wording is more flowery and expressive, the magic more prevalent, and well... magical. While I believe that the Stardust graphic novel is better than the regular novel (Charle
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Aug 28, 2007
Kerry (The Roaming Librarian) O'Donnell
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it was ok
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fantasy
i enjoyed this story. it was nice to hear such a different voice in the narration and characters. this is not your typical fantasy story and it was very refreshing. yet, at the same time, it was fairly predictable and i wanted more. i wanted it to be deeper, and to surprise me, but it didn't. though i was happy to get my happily-ever-after ending, it all seemed to come too easily to the characters, and i actually found myself wanting them to do more, to suffer more, horrible though it may sound.
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This is a cute book, but the movie works better....I reread the book and then went to see the movie again, and now I'm finding that I didn't give the book enough credit.
Read the book and watch the movie, they're good for different reasons. The book has made up it's own reality that is as believable as anything could be taking place in a magic kingdom. The movie took very seriously the quote from The Importance of Being Ernest "the good end happily and the bad unhappily, that is the meaning of fi ...more
Read the book and watch the movie, they're good for different reasons. The book has made up it's own reality that is as believable as anything could be taking place in a magic kingdom. The movie took very seriously the quote from The Importance of Being Ernest "the good end happily and the bad unhappily, that is the meaning of fi ...more
It's times like this that I'm glad I keep records of what I've read. Although I remember enjoying the story (after refreshing my memory of the plot via Amazon), Gaiman didn't make an impression on me as an author at the time. So therefore I had forgotten having ever read this story by him.
It wasn't until about 2005 that Gaiman got my attention with Anansi Boys. ...more
It wasn't until about 2005 that Gaiman got my attention with Anansi Boys. ...more
I wanted to see the movie which I'm sure was terrible, but the book was lovely. As a self proclaimed fairy tale expert, this one held to conventions in a clever and unique way. A really quick and fun read.
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A beautiful adult fairy tale written in Gaiman's usual magical style.
I would recommend shelling out for the graphic novel with illustrations from Charles Vess which gets 5 stars from me ...more
I would recommend shelling out for the graphic novel with illustrations from Charles Vess which gets 5 stars from me ...more
I'd really like to manage to read this before seeing the movie-- but I may have to give in, since I don't want to miss the movie in the theaters!
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I really enjoyed this book. It's a quick read and has a very nice sweetness to it that I found refreshing.
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Apr 23, 2007
Steven
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it was amazing
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