Reviews - Stardust | The StoryGraph

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I've read this before so I don't know why it wasn't listed as Read already, but anyway I just listened to the audiobook as read by Neil Gaiman himself and he is a magnificent narrator and also my favorite human so yeah. I was really feeling like reading a fairytale for grownups which is exactly what this is so I decided to revisit it and went with the audiobook since Neil Gaiman has a fantastic reading voice and yeah. It was probably even more magical than I remember it from reading myself years ago so I'm really loving audiobooks this year.

foxykel's review against another edition

5.0

The story was fantastic but the best part of this book (for me) was the entry by Gaiman after the actual story. He talks about what led him into writing and shared his take in fairy tales. I've never "highlighted" and "noted" so much - ever! Just wonderful!

avmcculloch's review against another edition

4.0

Listened to the book on audio. The story is a sweet fairy tale type of book with lots of adventure and death and witches and bad guys, and some gruesomeness. The story itself is a 3.5-3.75 but as usual, listening to Neil Gaiman read it knocks it up a star to about a 4.5, so I averaged it out to a 4. I will probably listen to all books by Neil Gaiman rather than read now that I've discovered his audio books. He just makes it so much lovelier to listen to. There is a movie to this and when I read the description I thought, hmmm that sounds familiar, and realized I'd seen the movie. It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure there are some differences in the ending.

manda_craft's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

pelledussen's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

DO NOT let the cover fool you… this is NOT a children’s book…

schwev625's review against another edition

3.0

A fun fairy tale but if you are thinking it is mirror to the movie, you will be disappointed.

allycattish's review against another edition

5.0

This book had me smiling at the end. It really was a modern day fairytale. Whimsical and tragic, it felt like I was reading an old tale at times. Beautifully written.