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A promise to collect a fallen star and return it to his love propelled Tristran to adventure through the wall into Faerie without even knowing that he was from there himself. Finding the Star was easy enough, getting her back to wall tool some time, especially since he was not the only one after her. The witches were after her heart because it gave life, beauty, and youth. The prince was after her because the power of Stromhold was contained in the jewel she wore around her waist. That jewel was
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I was surprised how quickly I got caught up in this fairy tale for adults, and how riveted I was until the very end. Of course, illustrations were a huge part of that. In fact, the book is really a full-length novel that just happens to have beautiful and compelling illustrations on every page. And in the narration, Gaiman struck just the right balance between fantasy and reality, between the silly and the serious, and between uplifting and frightening fantasy.
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I loved the film and wanted to read the book to see how they compared and I have found both of them enchanting. I love the characters in this story and Gaiman has such a beautiful way of writing a story, very poetic. It was such an easy book to read and I would recommend it to fans of faerie stories.
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