Note: The review below was taken directly from my Goodreads account. Stardust is about a young man named Tristran Thorn who sets off to capture a fallen star to prove his love for Victoria, but to do so he must cross the wall that separates their town from a land of magic and mysticism called Fa...
I finally read my first Neil Gaiman book - ever! And oh boy it was just as, if not more, beautiful as I expected. Stardust is brilliant. It reads just like a fairytale, and Neil Gaiman shows what a brilliant storyteller he is. I think Neil Gaiman's talent is obvious by how easily he creates a story ...
Let me start my review by coming clean: I confess I saw the movie first. I personally think it makes for less disappointment when you watch the movie first. In this case, I would say the movie does a pretty respectable job of translating this book to a wider audience. They make the ending a bit more...
3.5 Stars I am always leery of reading a book after in have watched the movie adaptation. While I will say that I rarely find the movie to be the better version, in this case I have to admit that I preferred the movie. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this book. It was definitely darker than the m...
Ironically I'm catching up on Homeland while watching this and Claire Danes played Yvaine in the movie adaptation of this book. I first saw the movie years ago and enjoyed it. I picked up the book afterwards, and swore I read it at some point and didn't love it. I bought the audiobook earlier this...
I read this at Dewey's Readathon, fall 2013. What a mistake that was! And here's why: The writing was absolutely amazing and beautiful. Only problem was that it took some time getting used to and I also had to take a lot of breaks to think about it and let it sink in. This is a modern fairytale, and...
'She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.' Okay, so I actually didn't enjoy this one as much as The Graveyard Book. It was enjoyable but at times I got confused with the storyline and where it was all goin...
The more Gaiman I read, the more I understand why people are so caught up in the magic he wields. Because that is basically what he does. He's not an author, he's a magician, painting magic pictures of rich, exciting worlds that come to life so quickly. Worlds that somehow seem complexly developed a...
I really enjoy Gaiman's writing. I found myself totally immersed and I loved it. Their is such a poetic deliverance to Gaiman's storytelling that I can't help but love it. The book is a great read, I recommend it to anyone who wants a nice story to get through a weekend. I don't have much to say rig...
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