Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

My description: I didn't like it. It was kind of growse, very gorry(sp?), written in such a way I didn't figure out what the heck was going on until over halfway through the book, and it had a sad ending!

Some things in the book made more sense than the movie, like it was much longer than a week before Tristran (the main character) got back to Wall(Tristran's home town), thus giving him and Yvaine (the fallen star) more time to fall in love, but most of the story was not as good as the movie for me personally. Maybe the book would apeal to an older audience, as it is apparent that that is what this book was intended for. If you plan to read the book, read the book first. Then the happy ending from the movie will stick in your head (hopefully). And if you're planning on reading the book and you've already watched the movie, wait until you are older.

Back-Of-The-Book Description: In the sleepy English couintryside, at the dawn of the Victorian Era, life comes at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall, so named for an imposing stone barrier that divides the village from an adjacent meadow. Armed sentires guard the sole gap in this wall, in order to keep the curious from wandering through. Only once every nine years do they relax their vigil, when a market fair unlike any other comes to the meadow.

Here in Wall, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester. But Victoria is cold and distant--as distant, in fact, as the star she and Tristran see fall from the sky on a crisp October evening. For the coveted prize of Victoria's hand, Tristran vows to retrieve the fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends the lovelorn swain over the ancient wall, and propels him into a world that is strand beyond imagining.

But Tristran is not the only one seeking the heavenly jewel. There are those for whom it promises youth and beauty, the key to a kingdom, and the rejuvenation of dark, dormant magics. And a lad compelled by love will have to keep his wits about him to succeed and survive in the secret place where fallen stars come in many guises--and where quests have a way of branching off in unexpected directions, even turing back upon themselves in space and in time.

Starting Date: 26th
Ending Date: 29th

Reading Time: Four days

Pages: 235

Recomendations: To adults and late-teenagers who don't mind witches and gore.B

Book Or Movie?: The movie without a doubt.

Writing Rating: 4 (because it was so confusing)

Story Rating: 9 (I loved the basic story idea, it was really cute: Guy goes to find a fallen star for a girl he likes, star is a woman, he and the star go on journeys, guy and star fall in love. But I didn't like the way it was intorduced)

Overall Rating: 4

Book #13 of '08