Review: Stardust by Neil Gaiman

status:	Read in February, 2010
review:	"In the sleepy English countryside.." I love Stardust, it's so very charming. Neil Gaiman is a great author, I'm a massive fan of his books - his stories are always original and thought provoking, one after another. The way his words flow together in Stardust is lovely. The characters are all very likable here, (maybe with the exception of Victoria) and the plot is cute. I need to talk more about the plot of Stardust, i like it. It's simple and sweet, very cutesy. A perfect plot for a ...more "In the sleepy English countryside.." I love Stardust, it's so very charming. Neil Gaiman is a great author, I'm a massive fan of his books - his stories are always original and thought provoking, one after another. The way his words flow together in Stardust is lovely. The characters are all very likable here, (maybe with the exception of Victoria) and the plot is cute. I need to talk more about the plot of Stardust, i like it. It's simple and sweet, very cutesy. A perfect plot for a children's story in other words. I can't argue that Stardust 'the book' is better than stardust 'the film' since I'm a HUGE fan of the film. So basically in my eyes the book could never really live up to the film (i saw the movie first so that might be why). After seeing the movie my attention was caught i wanted badly to read this book. I wasn't really 'that' disappointed with the book in the end. My after thought once i put the book down for the last time last night was, "well i liked it, the movie was better though" - why is the movie better? Because. The villains are brutal in the film whilst in the book the villains are weak, their characters are almost limp. That's Neil Gaimans real trouble as an author for me - it's that in his books you sometimes can almost forget that the 'bad guys' are actually 'that bad', if you get what i mean. Over all it's a good quick read. Great for children and pre-teens, lovely for older teens and up I'm sure as well. Stephanie xx