I love fantasy and was hoping to find a fun, fantasy adventure film. The storyline was an excellent idea, but I rapidly became disillusioned and fast forwarded a lot of scenes. One of the few nice characters in the movie (pirate captain) turns out to be homosexual, and the premarital sex scenes took the fun out of the romance. I was hoping for an uplifting movie definitely was the opposite. The good guys were too wimpy -- what's up with that?

Although Stardust is not my favourite novel, Neil Gaiman is one of my favourite authors. I love his wit and dark sophistication, and I was angered when you said that the sex scene was a "poor marketing decision". Neil Gaiman's novels were never meant for children or young teenagers, and are not marketed that way. I didn't read any of his novels until I was 17. I have not seen the movie, because I didn't like many of the changes they made to the book. Stardust is for adults, and it should remain that way. It's not a great novel, but it's a pleasant escape, and beautifully written, and it brings back memories of reading fairy tales as a child. I felt the single use of "f**k" was funny, and not gratuitous. I'd recommend it for teenagers 16 and up. While a younger teenager could read the book, the subject matter is probably too dark.

Besides the book having a graphic sex scene and several conversations of graphic nature, the book was just really wierd. Wierd in a fantastical sort of way. I loved the movie so picked up the book, and was dissapointed. I love the story line, and am so glad I saw the movie before ever reading the book! The book has extra wierd details and other wierd scenes, and some of my favorite scenes from the movie aren't even really in the book. Romance isn't just sex and infatuation- so the book to me isn't really romantic. Definitely not for kids!

I read this book several weeks ago and I loved it, despite the graphical sections, which made me feel kind of squeamish. All in all, it's one of Gaiman's best books I believe.

Actually a good book. The scene at the beginning almost made me stop reading it, but I wondered what would happen. A pleasant book, although the gruesome death of the unicorn was a little graphic. I saw the movie first, so I thought it would be like the book. I was wrong. Although the movie hinted that it was based on the book, it was more of a child-friendly remake. (If you are my age, then I suggest you don't read this book unless you think you can andle it.) Three stars.

I understand if most boys don't like it because of all the romance in it. But it's an awesome adventure story.

Neil Gaiman is my FAVORITE author. he is amazing. i HATE the fact that they turned Stardust into a kids movie. it was a great movie, went ok with the book, but then people go read the book expecting to read that stupid scene with Robert whatever and its not in there because that was stupid and Neil Gaiman's books are always extremely smart and well written. Stardust isn't my favorite of his books, but it's in the top 3. it's violent, and it moves at a leisurly pace that some might call boring, but it also has a certain charm that is Neil Gaimans that can never be put into a movie.