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Like an Adult Alice in Wonderland
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!
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For young adults who enjoy heartless sex and gruesome violence
Neil Gaiman is not a writer for young readers. He is at best an R rated writer if we actually had ratings like movie theaters do. Any young tween can find this book in the library's young reader section and no parent will be in the know that explicit sexual gratuitous sex scens start the book off so as to grab the readers attention. If you take the time to learn about the author, he is not usually known for his work for young readers, it simply became something he did for money/marketing purposes.
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Neil Gaiman
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.
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It wasn't worth the rental fee
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?
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Buy the version with the illustrations
This book was published serialized by DC Comics back in the mid-1990s. When it was it had beautiful illustrations by Charles Vess. This is also the only way I wish to read the book. The story is a romance fantasy. It has something for everyone without being watered down and being bland. It is a faerie tale for the 21st century.
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I was angered by your review
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.
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