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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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I didn't enjoy Stardust as much as some of Gaiman's later novels, such as American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Some of the same issues present in Neverwhere exist here as well. I often had difficulty visualizing the locations in the book based off the descriptions in the text. The entire book felt a bit rushed (couldn't we have learned more about the airship, for instance, if the main character describes it as "one of the happiest times of his life?")
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Quick and entertaining. I enjoyed the boy traveling in a magically land with all the exciting people and creatures he meets.
I’m tempted to give it 3 stars as the ending was not satisfying and the characters were not well developed. However, since I was thoroughly happy and hooked from the very beginning, I just couldn’t do it.
I’m tempted to give it 3 stars as the ending was not satisfying and the characters were not well developed. However, since I was thoroughly happy and hooked from the very beginning, I just couldn’t do it.
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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