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.

Neil Gaiman and J.R.R. Tolkien are my most favorite authors. I absolutely loved Coraline and the Graveyard Book by Gaiman. I rented the DVD of Stardust and enjoyed it greatly, deeming it as one of my favorite films. I went to the library to pick up the book, and well, I have to say I didn't really enjoy it. I found it hard to get into, and Gaiman seemed to lose his charming, feel-good, fairy tale-ish flow of writing. Right after I began to get into it, there was that graphic sex scene with Tristran's father and some fairy chick. I felt slightly nauseous and almost stopped reading. The rest of the story was hardly like the movie at all. Cuss words like F**K and S**T were used frequently. One of the Stormhold princes has sex with a servent. I was looking forward to the ending duel in the Witch's lair that was in the movie. But instead, Yvaine kisses the old hag on the cheek and she walks away! I was quite dissapointed. Read this to pass the time in a car or something. Buy the DVD instead. It's only $11.18 at Target.

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