Coming from the maker of the Sandman series I was a bit apprehensive about Stardust. But it came highly recommended so I made an effort to turn the cover and then the first page. Then time passed and surprisingly I was at the last page. I guess what I liked about the book is that it evokes, even if only a bit, a sense of wonder and awe that, for example, the Harry Potter series wasn’t able do. Or perhaps it was the fact that I watched instead of read them :P In a way, it’s almost a children’s book if it were not dark and twisted at times. But then the Fairy Tales by the brothers Grimm were also like that, so who am I to say it’s a children’s book? It’s also pretty clever, without appearing contrived. I can’t wait to read Neverwhere and Coraline.
Rating: 4/5