Ungekürztes Hörbuch
Deutsch language
Published Feb. 25, 2022 by Lübbe Audio.
Das kleine Dörfchen Wall hat eine ganz besondere Attraktion: eine unscheinbare Mauer, die durch das Land verläuft und in der sich eine Pforte in die Welt der Feen befindet. Durch diese Pforte tritt der junge Tristan, um seiner Angebeteten Victoria einen vom Himmel gefallenen Stern zu bringen. Doch bald schon muss er feststellen, dass er ist nicht der Einzige ist, der es auf diesen Stern abgesehen hat.
Really didn’t enjoy the first 100 pages and nearly DNF’d it.
However, when things finally picked up this was a lovely little fairytale.
Forgettable and lacking character development - for my first Gaiman read I was very disappointed.
I cannot think of another author whose words could touch me so.
Loved the part where even in the magical fearie land, the magical word is not "Abraca dabra" but "Please".
Reminder to always, always, always, always have courage, be honest and kind.
Have courage - to be authentic and to be you.
Be honest - to yourself and to others, saves a whole lot of time and trouble for everyone.
Be kind - because as Aesop has wisely said, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
It is magical and beautiful in its own ways.
Not to mention the illustrations make it even more beautiful.
However, it lacked emotional depth.
The characters could have been explored more.
Perhaps the sequels would add more depth to the characters.
Lacks a certain gravitas. too naive to be a fairy tale for grownups.
3.5/5.
I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary fairly tales in the past year. Most recently Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus and Philip Pullman’s Count Karlstein. Stardust hits the sweet spot of creepiness, heart, and wonder.
Fantastic!
Magical. Sad and beautiful in all the right places. Funny and enthralling, this is a story that will stick to you, become a part of you.
This is perhaps my favorite of Gaiman's novels that I've read so far. Gaiman is a fantastic storyteller, and his descriptions are extraordinarily vivid.
Classic Gaiman adult fairy tale. Very well done.
I'd actually seen the movie, and this is the audiobook version read by Neil himself (or, @neilhimself on Twitter), but I suspect that even the first time through it would come across as both new and familiar at the same time.
Neil Gaiman is a wonderful reader for his own work.
This is one of the few times where I liked the movie better. The movie had a more climactic ending with an actual final battle that was absent from the book. I found the end especially weak since the movies ending had such a Neil Gaiman feel to it but he didn't even write it. The actual quest throughout the book was much better but the ending just left me with a bad feeling.
Stardust has some strange similarities to A Song of Ice and Fire. There is a wall at the edge of town that is guarded because on the other side there be magics and mythical creatures. There are a bunch of princes killing each other to be crowned kind of all the land. Magis is used sparingly and only when increasing the dramatic tension. Also they say ages like 4 and 40. Now that may just be …
This is one of the few times where I liked the movie better. The movie had a more climactic ending with an actual final battle that was absent from the book. I found the end especially weak since the movies ending had such a Neil Gaiman feel to it but he didn't even write it. The actual quest throughout the book was much better but the ending just left me with a bad feeling.
Stardust has some strange similarities to A Song of Ice and Fire. There is a wall at the edge of town that is guarded because on the other side there be magics and mythical creatures. There are a bunch of princes killing each other to be crowned kind of all the land. Magis is used sparingly and only when increasing the dramatic tension. Also they say ages like 4 and 40. Now that may just be an olde english thing but I have only ever encountered it previously in ASoIaF.
Quite a disappointment. I'd heard so many good things about this author, and Coraline was good, if not quite as fantastic as I'd been led to believe. This book, however, was nothing like I'd expected. I really didn't like it. The only part I did like was the one about the sky ship. Fascinating idea. I wish the author had focused more on that part. Oh, well. There's no telling in advance what I'll think about a book. It was worth a shot.
