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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

37 reviews

hjcomic's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Do you love the film? You will probably love this and also be surprised by it, too.

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justalittlebookgremlin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Major Studio Ghibli/Howls Moving Castle vibes. Such an amazing and whimsical story and the prose is just delightful. An absolute favorite

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kiwij96's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Having watched the movie Stardust, I came into this knowing the twists and turns that would unfold and regardless I loved it. However, I did spend the firat half of the book misreading Tristran's name as Tristan.

Great book, great short-storytelling: the worldbuilding didn't need to be extensive and the characters were well-developed in spite of their short descriptions. The chapters were a bit too long in places, but other than that it was a really nice light read albeit dark at times. Would highly recommend.

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haffina's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really enjoyed this. It was easy to read, whilst being fun and super descriptive. Gaiman creates worlds that are familiar but also wonderous. His characters are flawed and relatable. Overall a winner.

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chrisljm's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love star motifs, and so I loved the concept of this book - a journey to retrieve a fallen star, which turns out to be a young girl. I enjoyed how whimsical and relaxing this book was, which is fitting for its tone of traditional fairytales/fantasy. I loved how each character was so intricately tied together and seeing it come to fruition throughout the story arc. However, I do wish we were able to see more of a development between Yvaine and Tristran, because the love between a human and a star is one of my favorite story ideas to date. Another story concept I loved was Yvaine, the fallen star. I loved her as a character as she was by far the most interesting to me, and I wish I had gotten to know her more. I would love to read more tales about her.

I also listened to the audiobook narrated by the author as a companion to reading it physically and Neil Gaiman is such a talented reader. He truly brings the story to life by giving it another layer of depth.

I can't wait to watch the movie after this, and then maybe after that the illustrated story.

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romajstorovic's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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maggiefae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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joey_doesnt_share_books's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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ka_ke's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I don’t know why it took so long for me to dive into the world of Neil Gaiman but what a wonderful way to start.

Stardust is a lighthearted fantasy with good wit, humour and a satisfying ending.

Although the language is old and not particularly politically correct, you can understand that Gaiman was not writing in a malicious offensive manner.

I may just have to watch the movie and see how it compares!

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lara_bk's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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