Book Review: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
is specifically targeted at adults!
This book is stuffed full of magic and wonder. It is filled with enchantment and has an element of mystery.
Neil Gaiman cleverly takes traditional fairytale characters and twists
them into something original and very contempory. There are witches, a lion, a
unicorn, a fallen star, three men who who hope to win the seat of power, flying
ships, faeries, goblins. Stardust is completely original and a true fantasy that
fills the reader's head with with beautiful imagery and vivid, breathtaking
scenes.
Neil Gaiman writes this book beautifully. He cleverly weaves the
tale together so that everything falls into place and all the ends are nicely
tied up by the end without once losing the reader's attention.
The story first follows a man called Dunstan Thorn who happens to fall in love with a
beautiful woman from across the Wall. She is not only a slave but a faerie. Nine
months later, a baby arrives on Dunstan's doorstep and he is called
Tristan.
The book then follows the main character, Tristan, who believes
he is in love with a girl from his village. In order to win her hand, he
promises to find a fallen star and bring it back for her and so his adventure
begins when he goes over the Wall.
When Tristan finds the star, he discovers that it is in fact a beautiful woman called Yvaine. The Lord of Stormheld threw a gem, just before he died, and it knocked Yvaine out of the
sky. Now the Lord's sons are searching for the gem in order to become the next
Lord. There are also three witches desperate to capture the star so that they
can cut out her heart in order to obtain their youth. Tristan therefore become
the hero of the story as he strives to protect the star while at the same time
holding her captive so that he can take her back to his village for the girl he
thinks he loves.
Stardust is a real gem. Totally entrancing and magical,
it is a fairytale like no other. I have recommended this book to dozens of
people.
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