Neil Gaiman – Stardust
This is basically a fairy tale, written for adults. The main character (Dunstan) in the book starts a quest to catch a fallen star. A foolish endeavour, which becomes his life’s aim, to try and win the heart of a girl in his village. This village has a wall around it, and villagers are normally not allowed to roam beyond it. I can’t say much more about the book without spoiling the plot line for potential readers, but suffice to say that Dunstan isn’t the only person who seeks the star.
I hope I’ll get to read the earlier version of this book, that apparently had illustrations as well, but I’d still happily recommend it to any readers who enjoy this sort of tale. It certainly made a change from my normal SciFi/comedy type of books.
Apr 17 2007
April 18th, 2007 2:02 am
First comment on the first book review!
Even though I’m a fan of Gaiman’s Sandman series I’ve never read this book by him. I have read “Smoke and Mirrors” though and that was certainly well done. I’m going to have to add this book to my wishlist.
Have you read Tanith’s Lees renditions of fairytales for adults? If so, would you say it’s along the same lines or different? Which would you say is the more interesting and captivating read of the two?
April 21st, 2007 11:32 am
Sorry for the delay in replying, it was my birthday on Friday, and I’ve been pretty busy recently researching televisions…
I’ve not come across anything by Tanith Lee, but thank you for an interesting question…
February 29th, 2008 10:17 pm
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