UK Book Club discussion

Stardust by Neil Gaiman is the first monthly book read for this group! You can put all your thoughts and things here!

Yeah, I re-watched the movie again pretty recently. Gotta pick up the book from the library at some point!

I finished Stardust today.I enjoyed it but think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't already seen the film.

I read this a while back and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was much better than the film and far far more enjoyable :-)

But on the up side had you read the book first how pants would the movie seem?

Finally managed to get hold of the book and read it! Had to have it sent from another library to one I could get to.

I enjoyed the book too but also think I would have preferred it if I hadn't seen the movie first, but then as Sam said, the movie would have been rubbish if I'd read the book first!

I was disapointed with this book, it was not really my sort of thing to read.

Kate wrote: "I was disapointed with this book, it was not really my sort of thing to read."

Glad I wasn't the only one who was disappointed! I love some of neil Gaiman's other work so was looking forward to this but just couldn't get into it

I have to say I did enjoy The Graveyard Book more than Stardust but that's more because it appeals to the darker side of my personality, but I did still enjoy Stardust. I wonder whether some of the disappoint people are feeling is because of the hype around the book and movie more than anything else. Or maybe I need to read a few more of his books then compare them...who knows...

Jo wrote: "Stardust is the first book of his that i have read so i can't compare it to anything. "

I've never read any of his other work either so can't compare it! Not sure whether I want to after Stardust - not that it was a bad book, I've just read better!

Well, I'm almost finished (it's been a busy month...) I have to say I'm enjoying Stardust. Yes, it's a piece of fluff, but I've been reading some fairly worthy stuff lately and I'm glad to have had some light relief.

I like the way it's written in your traditional fairy-tale style, but with a few modern subversive touches (Neil Gaiman's tongue is firmly in his cheek). Like when the star falls to earth, 'There was a voice, a high clear, female voice, which said 'Ow' and then, very quietly, it said 'F~~k' and then it said 'Ow' once more...'

I've seen the film and found the book more interesting - a little darker and less pantomime.

Who does Neil Gaiman write for? He seems to do kids' picturebooks, graphic novels, the lot. I had ruled him out, thinking he only wrote for kids & teenagers. But so many people have mentioned him to me over the last six months, I'm glad to finally get around to reading one of his books at last.

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You should both give it ago, its not as fluffy as Stardust and is quite dark with ghosts and demons and a band of assassins. you certaintly enjoy it I think :-)