In old English times, young Tristan has fallen in love with the most beautiful girl in the village of Wall. She does promised him a kiss if he retrieved a fallen star, so he goes off searching for it.

A quick read, written like the old fairy tales with flowery language. It reads as if it was written in the time that it takes place. It has the fantasy twist where beyond the Wall is a whole different world that most people in the village are not allowed to travel, but Tristan is able. He goes off having adventures, searching and finding the star, trying to get her back to Wall when she doesn't want to go with him and is angry that she fell in the first place.

I enjoyed the star's spunk and unwillingness to cooperate with the young man trying to kidnap her, even though he didn't see it that way. He viewed her as an object and finally sees her as more than that, even though she isn't human, she still has feelings. Tristan was still likeable, even when he was so bull-headed and clueless that the girl he loved back home could care less about him. He grows up on his adventures, even though the entire book zips along really quickly.

I would have liked if some parts were expanded upon more. I felt like parts of it were getting interesting and then it moved onto the next part. It wasn't a sudden jerk to a new topic, but the event would be wrapped up quickly or summarizes instead of told. Beyond that, it was a nice, sweet book.

I watched the film Stardust that is different of the book Stardust. The book story is very well conducted but final part where the rhythm is very accelerating what disaccord the previous chapters. For example, the meet between Tristan and his real mother is faded and emotionless. On the other hand, the book was written masterfully by Neil Gaiman. The each book word was chosen precisely and magnificently.

THIS MOVIE, THOUGH IT'D SEEM A "REGULAR" FAIRY TALE, MANAGES TO PRODUCE A FRESH PLOT WITH ENOUGH TWISTS TO KEEP YOU WONDERING UNTIL THE VERY END. ACTING BY DENIRO AND PFIFFER IS COMMITTED, PROFESSIONAL AND YET FUNNY ENOUGH TO BRING UP SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE - WHOLE HEARTED RECOMMENDATION TO KIDS OF ALL AGES!!!!

This starts off really well. The first half is light and intriguing, opening lots of possibilities of great story lines in the second half. However, the second half reads as though Gaiman gets bored with his characters and has something else he'd rather be doing. He flies through the journey, alluding to adventures his characters have had along the way without taking us there.
For example, he write the following: "In the town of Simcock-Under-Hill, Tristan and Yvaine had an encounter with a goblin press-gang that might have ended unhapily, with Tristan spending the rest of his life fighting the goblins' endless wars beneath the earth, had it not been for Yvaine's quick thinking and her sharp tongue...." This is the first he has mentioned of Simcock-Under-Hill, goblin's, goblin press-gangs, goblins' endless wars beneath the earth, and Yvaine's sharp tongue. This could be a great idea, but if it is not going to be a part of the story, why bother putting it in at all?
For this book to be as good as it could have been, Gaiman needed to spend much more time on it and it should have been at least a trilogy.

This was a very well written book. It was a little odd at times, but very entertaining. I have to admit that the movie was better though. Go see the movie after reading this book. You will love it!