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4.5 stars. I really liked this book. Set in a world where "normal" England and the world of Faerie are separated only by a wall, Stardust follows the story of young Tristran Thorn on his quest to retrieve a fallen star to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in his small town. Of course, things take a different turn when the star turns out to be a beautiful young girl herself, and when other unsavory characters also appear to be tracking the star's movements.
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This is a fairy tale for adults and a good one. During the time of Queen Victoria, there is a small village called Wall that stands on the edge of a beautiful meadow. However, no one is allowed to go into the meadow. In fact, even though there is a opening in the wall surrounding the town directly onto the meadow, that opening is guarded 24 hours a day by two men from the town armed with cudgels whose job it is to prevent anyone from crossing through the opening. It seems that the wall (from whi
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My 2nd Neil Gaiman book, that I loved listening to. He's a great writer as well as a story teller. I wasn't disappointed at all with this book and love the fairy story telling for "adults" it just makes me feel like a kid again when I listen to it. I cannot wait to listen to more of his work.
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3.5 stars with leanings toward 4. Definitely an adult tale, thanks to some language, gratuitous violence and sex, but that didn't so much upset me as made me do a double-take.
What made this a can't-put-her-downer was, of course, Gaiman's incredible prose. Man, can he write. ...more
What made this a can't-put-her-downer was, of course, Gaiman's incredible prose. Man, can he write. ...more
I got very frustrated with the beginning of the story, as it seemed to spend too much time on Tristran's origin. It got much better after that and then things came together even more in the end.
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