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A review by carolinemeow
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust #1 by Neil Gaiman
5.0
I'm genuinely unsure why I was surprised why this book was so good. I adore Neil Gaiman's writing with all my heart, and while I'm not sure where this ranks in all the books of his I've read, it lived up to the standards I've set for him and beyond.
The quirky writing that Gaiman has is something I live for, and so were the fairy tale/folklore elements - mythology and things associated with it being a recently acquired obsession. I have to wonder, is the copper beech tree Daphne? The tale the character told was pretty similar to the myth, but I haven't actually read up on her in detail.
I also loved how neatly everything tied together at the end. I always start out not paying much attention to the plot or what's happening in general, as I prefer characters, but the author grabbed my attention and didn't let go. Of course, I loved the characters as well, even the ones who I despised at first - Septimus, the oldest of the Lilim, Victoria Forester. The epilogue was the death of me.
This book was beautiful and everything was beautiful and just, yeah, I'm putting this into my favorites.
The quirky writing that Gaiman has is something I live for, and so were the fairy tale/folklore elements - mythology and things associated with it being a recently acquired obsession. I have to wonder, is the copper beech tree Daphne? The tale the character told was pretty similar to the myth, but I haven't actually read up on her in detail.
I also loved how neatly everything tied together at the end. I always start out not paying much attention to the plot or what's happening in general, as I prefer characters, but the author grabbed my attention and didn't let go. Of course, I loved the characters as well, even the ones who I despised at first - Septimus, the oldest of the Lilim, Victoria Forester. The epilogue was the death of me.
This book was beautiful and everything was beautiful and just, yeah, I'm putting this into my favorites.