Sep 12 2007
35/50 Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Sometimes, I will see a movie trailer and the movie will look good but the reviews are terrible. When that happens, I see if said movie is based on a book (most movies are) and seek that book out. This is one of those cases. (Mind you, the movie might be very good for all I know. I am just going on heresay.)
Stardust the book (have not seen the movie) was excellent. I love the writing style and it has a great balance of cute, romantic, dramatic and laugh out loud funny parts. The characters are very lovable and the world itself is interesting. I would say that it is worth a read.
One point of confusion for me: My library had this book labeled as children’s lit. However, the awards that the book has won list it as being an adult book. To that end, the first scene in the book is a sex scene and there is a sex scene later that has some slightly sketchiness. The “f” word (not the one for homosexuals, the other one) also appears within the first chapter.
Other than those three moments, I would assume that this book was meant for children as my library said. This is just something I wanted to mention as if you have kids you might want to read it first to decide if it is for them.
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