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All rights reserved.Stardust by Neil Gaiman (2000)
| Synopsis A young man, Tristan, sets off on a quest to retrieve a fallen star and win the hand of his love in marriage. The problem is that the star seems to have landed in the realm of faeries, and Tristan must venture into those uncharted territories, far outside the walled city in which he and his love reside.
Publisher's Note In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life.In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life. | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||||||
Reviews  Stardust novel to movie compairison I really loved the "Stardust" movie so I decided to read the book to see if the screenplay cut out any juicy bits or important characters (like tom bombadil in LOTR...). The movie version leaves out most of the first 200 pages of the novel, only keeping key characters and key plot ideas. There is an un-named charcter in the book that plays an big part in the novel that is not included in the movie. Although the cinematic version of "Stardust" includes many of the same characters,their names are different and personality traits differ to add drama and action. To be honest, I was disappointed with the book as I didn't feel that it had a very strong climax, or that Tristan and Yvaine's relationship's evolution seemed realistic. I also felt that the epilogue fell short of my love-story-adventure-happy-end The book was ok in general. Gaiman's talent is evident in many parts of the story, but I feel that it was not consistant. I rarely think this, but the cinematic version of "Stardust" is much more to my liking than the novel. It's almost too bad that that the novel was not based upon the movie screenplay, instead of the other way around. Review ID: 10000000008025299 Was this review helpful? Report this review  GreatThe book arrived in a timely fashion and it was great. Thanks so much for book. It was so great to get the book Review ID: 10000000006485072 Was this review helpful? Report this review Stardust by Neil Gaiman (2000), Wonderful FantasyIf you like fantasy, action adventure and love stories this is a wonderful book for finding those features plus more. The pictures are lovely but there should be more for this type of story. Review ID: 10000000006445180 Was this review helpful? Report this review Never thought I'd be saying thisI never thought that I would ever see the day where the book I just read would leave feeling disappointed and wanting more. I commonly have books that I don't want to end, those fantastic epic novels that take you far from your life, and place you in a dream world, Stardust was NOT one like that. After watching the film, after reading the book of course, I found that the movie was more descriptive in sections where, obviously, the book should have been immensely better. I know that directors take creative liberties with novels to make them "Silver Screen" worthy, but in this case, I think the director did a better job of telling the story than the author. In one section entirely, the entire sequence involving the ship, and the sky pirates, was totally uninspired in the novel, it was more in the way of hopping on a train, rather than being captured by lightning harnessing pirates on their flying frigate. Tristan's training aboard the ship, fencing, dancing etc... was completely left out in the novel, I believe that this was a critical part of the story, leaving it out was in err on the authors' side. Review ID: 10000000006036516 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Stardust: The NovelReview created: 02/03/08 by: I bought this book because of Stardust-the movie that is my new favorite movie. I have read over half of the book so far and it is really nothing like the movie. This is the main reason why I found it a little disappointing. So I would not read it expecting it to be like the movie! Otherwise, it is a very interesting novel, especially if you like fantasy. Review ID: 10000000005371443 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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