Monday, May 26, 2014

Stardust / Neil Gaiman / 238 pages / May Challenge

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day..."  Stardust finds three people trying to do just that...more or less...  Tristan Thorn wants to secure the heart of his lady love who sent him in search of a fallen star; an old witch has determined to find the star as a sovereign remedy against all the snares of age and time; and Primus is following his father's dying order to procure the topaz necklace which knocked the star from the sky in order to assure his inheritance.  This is a most satisfying read by a master storyteller.  Filled with allusions to well-known tales, it is an expertly crafted tale.

"You have to believe, otherwise it will never happen."

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