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Stardust: Le mystère de l'étoile - Une histoire d'amour au royame de Faerie by Neil Gaiman
15 reviews
planetshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Stardust was just a little predictable and didn't feel as full of events as I know it was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content
mattiedancer's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Writing: 4.5⭐️/5
The writing quality is smooth and proficient. I don’t have too much to complain about here, as it’s solidly written.
Characters: 4⭐️/5
The characters are well-rounded and honestly quite loveable. At a few moments, the characters seem flatter than they need to and only the main characters really grow throughout the course of the novel. However, this doesn’t get in the way of enjoying the story and each character seems uniquely and lovingly created.
Plot: 4.5⭐️/5
I love the overall story, especially how it inverts common tropes and is unafraid of going boldly against what the reader might expect. I particularly enjoyed how the heroes ended up dealing with the antagonist, mostly because it wasn’t really what I was expecting. I do think that the plot was wrapped up a little too much at the end, but perhaps that’s my enjoyment of the movie’s ending getting in the way of the book’s ending.
Post-Reading Rating: 4.5⭐️/5
Slight bitter tasted post-reading simply because I had such different expectations of how exactly it was going to end. I also lost interest in the book a few times while reading, so it was a bit of a harder start than I was expecting as well.
Final Rating: 4.5⭐️/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Murder, Animal death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Violence
cblunier's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Adult fairy tale
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, and Sexual content
happylilfaerie's review against another edition
2.0
I love Gaiman's writing but this was so misogynistic and for what.
It's meant to be a modern fairytale - great love the concept, but it did not subvert or add anything to any of the tropes found in fairytale, especially the problematic ones. It did nothing special and was very disappointing.
The main character is pathetic and acts like a complete incel at the beginning refusing to take no for an answer then ENSLAVES someone so he can give the slave to the woman he's lusting for (who has rejected him multiple times) so she marries him as per their deal. And we're meant to be cheering for him???
Then of course the celestial being (a literal fucking fallen star) has to become a damsel in distress so he can save her and she now literally becomes his slave through some magical bond, what the actual fuck.
And he goes through no character development but we are just supposed to accept that he is a hero all of a sudden. He only saved her in the way an owner protects their property.
Then at the end he gets everything handed to him??? andshe just decides she loves him? when the fuck did that happen? Stockholm Syndrome much?
Honestly I could go on by how dirty the women in this book are done, and how poorly presented they are but I'm tired and I wanna find something better to read to cleanse my mind.
It's meant to be a modern fairytale - great love the concept, but it did not subvert or add anything to any of the tropes found in fairytale, especially the problematic ones. It did nothing special and was very disappointing.
The main character is pathetic and acts like a complete incel at the beginning refusing to take no for an answer then ENSLAVES someone so he can give the slave to the woman he's lusting for (who has rejected him multiple times) so she marries him as per their deal. And we're meant to be cheering for him???
Then of course the celestial being (a literal fucking fallen star) has to become a damsel in distress so he can save her and she now literally becomes his slave through some magical bond, what the actual fuck.
And he goes through no character development but we are just supposed to accept that he is a hero all of a sudden. He only saved her in the way an owner protects their property.
Then at the end he gets everything handed to him??? and
Honestly I could go on by how dirty the women in this book are done, and how poorly presented they are but I'm tired and I wanna find something better to read to cleanse my mind.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Slavery
pointlessmoss's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Blood
Moderate: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery
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