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Summary: The Feel-Good Book of the YEAR!!!
Review: O.K. that lead is really annoying, but this book could easily be read aloud to a kid and be enjoyed by both reader and readee (Just be sure to skip the sex scenes). Good characterization and an excellent plot let adults return to pre-Disney fairy tales. For the love of God, Neil, don't let the mouse get his grimy paws on this story.
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Summary: wonderful book
Review: I loved this book so much. It kept my focus through out the whole book. I loved the fact that I wasn't able to figure out what was going to happen next. There are too many books like that out there today and it was refreshing to read this one.
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Summary: No maps! No glossaries! No orc wars!
Review: Gaiman takes the ingredients of epic fantasy, mixes them together, and comes up with this intimate fairy tale for all ages. At turns funny, heartwarming, and thrilling, Gaiman proves that you don't need a series of phone-book sized novels or a cast of thousands (each with their own unpronounceable name) to tell a gripping tale of the fantastic.
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Summary: Wonderful happy book
Review: I think Gaiman must keep a captive muse in his attic to tell him what to write. Stardust is just amazing, beautifully written and told fairy tale. The kind of book that makes you happy when you read it. There is a wonderful moment toward the end when it all comes together and my mouth just opened and I danced around the room and laughed. My only complaint is that I wish it was a thousand pages longer.
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Summary: My Heart's Desire.
Review: This is truly an outstanding piece of work. From the tree to the hairy little man, all of the characters meshed well with the story and setting. My Heart's Desire would be a revisitation to the Fairie by Mr. Gaiman. It made me believe in Fairy Tales again.
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Summary: not so great.
Review: I love all of Neil's work, except for this one. This book just didn't amaze me that much. The story had a lot of potential, but it just didn't reach it. I read the book in one day, which is okay, short books are fine. BUT, there could have been a lot more detail added. The story was pushed along--we follow Tristran Thorn and his star through a number of episodes as they are being hunted in the land of faerie. Overall, it was somewhat interesting in how it ended...but nothing to write home about.
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Summary: Great premise, but felt something lacking
Review: I love Neil Gaiman, but for me Stardust was lacked that little bit of darkness that I've come to love in his work. The premise of the book was so wonderful, and I had hoped that it would follow the lines of Gaiman's other work in Faerie. However, I missed the menace of Faerie, as though Gaiman didn't want to touch that dark side of the myth. But while I didn't love it as much as I love Sandman and Good Omens, Stardust is still a superior novel from a highly creative mine. I hope Gaiman is with us for a long time.
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Summary: A nearly perfect book
Review: I've always loved fantasy, but too many fantasy books are predictable and stupid, or big thick books which never end and get worse the more books you get into the series. You know what I mean!!!!Stardust was perfect. I would not change a comma in it. It just blew me away to another world and made it more real than this one was. It's easily my favorite book of the last few years. I read it twice already. My grandmother used to tell me fairy tales when I was a little girl. I don't remember them, but the magic of being told a fairy story, that's what it's like, reading Stardust. I could be at my grandmothers feet again, only now I have grown children of my own. I did laugh, and I did cry, while reading it. If you have any soul, you will as well.
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Summary: There's something missing here
Review: Stardust is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read. But this edition is sadly lacking because somehow, another publisher purchased the text only from Time Warner without the Vess illustrations. If you read this edition you will sadly miss much of the beauty of this book. By the way, this book was originally published as a comic book by Vess and Gaiman. Don't let this text only version fool you. You'll miss out on the beauty of Gaiman's prose as seen through the eyes of Charles Vess.
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Summary: Beautiful, perfect, magic book
Review: "Stardust" came as a real surprise to me. I don't like fantasy and I don't care for fairies and unicorns. On the other hand, I was told I'd like it (and I do love "The Princess Bride"), so I agreed to read it. I decided I would just read the first chapter. I was hooked. It was like chocolate or ice cream, something rich and lovely that you never want to stop. What fairy stories must be like in a perfect world. I suppose it made me feel like a kid again. I loved the romance and the wonderful way Neil Gaiman puts words together. I wished I had someone to read it out loud to. Do yourself a favor, and read this book.
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