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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is a slow descent in the whimsical world of Faerie, following Tristran Thorne on his Journey to find a fallen Star for his “beloved”. His ideas of what is beloved to him changes however as he learns and grows and becomes most confident in the power he truly possesses. To loved and to be loved in return.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood
I love this book! The language is beautiful, the plot wonderful. I feel sad I am done with it, and wonder why it took me so long to pick the book up.
So good most of the way through, but a disappointing ending. It's hard to tell whether I just feel this way because I LOVE the film and the ending is SO different. I understand why the filmmakers changed it as this would have been an especially anti-climactic ending on the screen.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it somehow progressed too fast in my opinion. I didn't get to know the characters as well as I'd have liked to. But it made me want to read more of Gaimans books!
Reading Neil Gaiman is like wearing your favourite sweater. Except that that sweater starts acting up in weird ways, forcing you to dance and jump and do things you normally wouldn’t do when you’re wearing it. It makes you get into trouble by making you play random pranks, both on other people and yourself. It causes you to jump into puddles and climb very high mountains, and you’ll get both dripping wet and terrified. It will cause you to run as you never thought possible. It will take you on sails through relentless seas (and skies). It will take you to the farthest land. It will make you play with fire. And you will never know beforehand what will happen but, in the end, truth is you will have had fun.
And this one is the most fun I’ve read so far. It comforts me that I have only read three Neil Gaiman’s books because that means I will get into trouble so many more times still. I can’t wait to go on another adventure.
It’s not just fun, it is a beautiful book: you see, there’s a wonderful lesson here about freedom; about how love cannot be ownership, but companionship. How love is not a contest, but a benevolent giving gesture. How you can never trust your siblings not to kill you by poison (just kidding!). How there is always more than meets the eye, and how you must exit your comfort zone to see beyond.
A final note: do not give this to your children. Whoever said fairy tales were only for them was probably dead inside, and this one in particular needs to be taken down by mature readers. After all, there’s both beauty and horror concealed in these pages. But it is well worth the journey.
And this one is the most fun I’ve read so far. It comforts me that I have only read three Neil Gaiman’s books because that means I will get into trouble so many more times still. I can’t wait to go on another adventure.
It’s not just fun, it is a beautiful book: you see, there’s a wonderful lesson here about freedom; about how love cannot be ownership, but companionship. How love is not a contest, but a benevolent giving gesture. How you can never trust your siblings not to kill you by poison (just kidding!). How there is always more than meets the eye, and how you must exit your comfort zone to see beyond.
A final note: do not give this to your children. Whoever said fairy tales were only for them was probably dead inside, and this one in particular needs to be taken down by mature readers. After all, there’s both beauty and horror concealed in these pages. But it is well worth the journey.
Written so sweetly. I wasn't sure in the beginning, but the characters and story were developed beautifully. I loved it, especially Yvaine. It made me just fall in love with the moon and the stars.
Cute and entertaining story in the usual Gaiman fashion
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Complicated
At first I didn’t like the book, Dunstans story was not nearly as interesting as Tristran's. Although as I got deeper into the book I did not want to stop.