Hello, dearies!
Have you ever liked a movie so much that you think the book cannot be possibly be bad?
Yeah, that’s me with Stardust, the movie.
This is perhaps one of my top 10 most watched movies of all time, I know it, I recognise the themes, the music, I can quote it. When I read the book? It was a whole different experience, and not in the fangirling, awesome way.
So, what was it? I don’t know. Perhaps the fact that I knew the movie so well before I picked up Neil Gaiman’s Stardust? Or the fact that the movie and book are not exactly similar. I cannot say, I do want to give it another chance, to the book, but I haven’t yet because I was disappointed I suppose. It seemed, a bit normal, I didn’t feel the whole magical world, stars, princes, and another world part. Those things were there but I cannot truly explain it beyond that.
Let’s talk about the movie.
Stardust (2007)
The movie follows the plot well enough, a star falls, and people in a small countryside town have no clue what that actually means, which means when a romantic young man sees this star falling with the girl he likes, he makes a promise to go look for it and bring it back as a token of his love. However he discovers a whole fairytale, magical world beyond the Wall that surrounds his town.
The adventure of it, of course, is going into this new world and discovering himself, coming of age basically, and learning survival skills in the magical community. Those things are similar, the delivery of it in the movie vs the book was different. The fact that I like the movie so much must be close to the fact that it was well made, if you want to look for a reason for it. Or, simply, I like it and that’s it. 🙂
Stardust the Book
I have a review of it here on the blog: Stardust. And to quote myself and drive the point home:
I wish I could say that I absolutely adored this read but I got to be honest, I have read better, I am not saying that Mr Gaiman is a bad a writer or nothing of the sort because he isn’t and he has incredible imagination, this is about me and the fixation I had with the movie, I suppose.
Book author: Neil Gaiman
Year published: 1999
Genres: Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Young Adult. Adventure
Page count: 248 pages
Book Description:
Young Tristran Thorn is determined to win the unattainable heart of the enchanting Victoria, even if it means embarking on a perilous journey to retrieve the star they watched tumble from the night sky. Driven by a mix of hope and desperation, he must venture into the uncharted territories beyond the ancient wall that defines their quaint village. Yet, as Tristran steps beyond that weathered stone barrier, he discovers a realm known as Faerie—where reality and magic intertwine, revealing that even a fallen star can hold surprises beyond his wildest dreams.
The point? I thought I’d devour the book, but instead it took me time to catch up and to follow the writing style, I suppose. The story and what happens, it is magical and interesting enough to appeal my fantasy self.
So, that’s all for this flashback Friday through the Stardust complexities of my love for a movie but not a book, which was nearly one of the first times that ever happened to me.
Thank you for sticking to the end, dearies! Let me know in the comments, have you read this book? Or watched the movie? I think the movie is a little underrated with the cast it has, but that happens.
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Happy reading!
