I've done my fair share of ripping apart film adaptations over the years, even in cases of films I enjoyed, when the changes pushed on irreconcilable. Most recent examples of this can be seen in my recaps of The Hobbit as I do a chapter by chapter read-through, paired with the movies. Combine that...
I enjoyed this fairy tale, but do have one note about the kindle edition. Who thought printing John Donne's "Go and Catch a Falling Star" l i k e t h i s would be effective or even readable on a kindle? It isn't. It took forever to keep clicking past, as well. (I know the poem quite well,...
I personally liked the movie better than the book. The characterization of the witch-woman seems to be better in the movie than in the book, somehow michelle pfeiffer brought out a chutzpah that the witch in the book cannot match.It is an easy read, though, I do not know if I could have grasped it a...
Stardust is the perfect example of why I shouldn't read a book if I've already seen the movie. The problem is that the movie was such a good adaptation of the book (I won't say perfect because it's been a while since I've watched it and there were some things that they changed/added, but I digress),...
This book seems the product of a restless mind.I was expecting (or hoping) it would be more interesting to me, but alas, it was only average. I was thinking as I read Stardust why the story didn't excite or interest me more, and I came up with several issues:1) The format of fairy tale works against...
Gaiman does another good job showing a mysterious world running parallel to ours. Set at the turn of the century, Tristan Thorne makes a boast to his lady love that he will find the star they saw falling and return it to her.He finds himself in a land populated by talking trees, witches, lightning c...
Stardust's bubble was burst by the movie adaption as far as I'm concerned.I liked the book, but I didn't think it added anything that the movie didn't have, so, either it's one of the first movies in history to actually be better than the book, or the book was just average but perhaps better suited ...
Stardust was sweet and fun and finished up with a good, old-fashioned, happy ending. I found myself wishing the book was a bit longer . . . I would have loved to read about the main characters adventures. Instead, we just read that they happened. I feel like I missed out on some of the experienc...
I'm not sure whether this is 3.5 or a true 4 star.I liked the adult fairytale style but I'm not sure whether skipping over some events really worked (towards the end of their journey back to Wall). [spoiler] I'm also not entirely sure the curse's condition was fulfilled. How did the moon lose her da...
Good fantasy book that seems to be for all audience, except for that 2 sex scenes, that, in my opinion, were unnecessary. To be honest, I like the movie more. The ship and the pirates, Dunstan and his lost love (but together at the end), Yvaine and Tristan HEA... all of these were better in the movi...
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