Comments on: Stardust, by Neil Gaiman

By: Josette

Josette — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:12:45 +0000

Hi, those nursery rhymes are real? I thought Gaiman created them! Interesting! I quite enjoyed reading this book. It was a different fantasy reading experience unlike other fantasy books. This book's more suitable for older readers, by the way. Here's my Stardust review! :)

By: trish

trish — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:25 +0000

I’ve GOT to read this book. I’ve heard such wonderful things!

Great job on completing the Novella Challenge, by the way. :-)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:45:42 +0000

What a beautiful cover (not that it matters…)! I’ve never read him before, but it sounds like I really need to. Thanks for the great review.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:25:34 +0000

This is one of my favourite books. I’m glad you enjoyed it too. I know what you mean, though. Sometimes watching the movie first changes the reading experience for me too.

I really like your questions about fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I wasn’t familiar with any English nursery rhymes before reading this book for the first time, but I like the way he incorporated them into the story. And I also like how the story manages to perfectly follow “fairy tale logic” without being a retelling of any particular fairy tale.

By: Debi

Debi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:32:46 +0000

I’ve had this one on my TBR pile for so long…I don’t know why I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet…I really need to!

By: byuistheshiz

byuistheshiz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:01:29 +0000

What is your opinion on books/films like ‘Stardust’ that sort of bastardize classic fairy tales? It seems to me that children now aren’t learning stories like Snow White, and Cinderella, they’re learning the ‘Stardust’ and ‘Shrek’ versions.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:50:02 +0000

I don’t necessarily like fantasy, but the fairy tale bookworms carnival peaked my interest. Also, I thought Gaiman was a graphic novel writer. I didn’t realize he wrote “regular” novels too. I may give this a try. Thanks for the review.

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