Audiobook6 hours
Stardust
Published by HarperAudio
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing, not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman comes a remarkable quest into the dark and miraculous—in pursuit of love and the utterly impossible.Editor's Note
Falling star…
Neil Gaiman’s whimsical epic of a fairytale comes to life with the author’s narration of his beloved novel. Catching a falling star has never before seemed so adventurous — or so romantic.
Reviews for Stardust
Rating: 4.074054826555801 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5unforgettable
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A magical fairy tale, with love, adventure, conquest, and of course an evil witch. A classic, and a delightful, easy read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A lovely fairy tale - the structure is perfect, but this is a modern story with actual characters. I like Tristan Thorn, he's fun. There's a lot of coincidences and people coming across each other later (and knowing it's a re-meeting, at that) - which fits with the fairy tale structure, of course. Nice happy-ever-after (approximately) for all (almost all) the right people, and evil getting the proper comeuppances. I'd like to see the illustrated version (though by Gaiman's afterword/acknowledgements, the illustrations were inspiration, not directly tied in to the story). And I may even watch the movie, which I don't do often.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Perhaps the translation into German ruined Gaiman's very unique style, but I think even if I had read the original I'd consider Stardust one of his weaker works. Tristan is likeable enough, but the narrative as a whole with its constant shifts in POV and focus was far too frayed and erratic for my taste.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I liked the idea of the book, and the story in theory, but it was a bit on the slow side.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Quite a disappointment. I'd heard so many good things about this author, and Coraline was good, if not quite as fantastic as I'd been led to believe. This book, however, was nothing like I'd expected. I really didn't like it. The only part I did like was the one about the sky ship. Fascinating idea. I wish the author had focused more on that part. Oh, well. There's no telling in advance what I'll think about a book. It was worth a shot.