Stardust

Title: Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Harper (July 31, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0380804557

ISBN-13: 978-0380804559

I read Anansi Boys and American Gods a bit ago and, when I saw this book had been made into a movie, I figured I should read it.

This was a quick, fun read.  Its written like a fairy tale, which it is.  Gaiman likes the traditional story-telling format and uses it to great positive effect in this book.

I wish the ending were a bit different, but that’s probably just me.  This one is worth a read too.

Anansi Boys

Title: Anansi Boys

Author: Neil Gaiman

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages

Publisher: HarperTorch (September 26, 2006)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0060515198

ISBN-13: 978-0060515195

Neil Gaiman is a story teller in the old tradition of story tellers.  Gaiman writes in the acknowledgement, “…. was the person who persuaded me that the story I told her over lunch that day really would make a good novel…..”  I believe him – this is a story that could be told round a campfire.

I didn’t like the use of Caribbean language, but that’s a quibble – I read this one almost straight through on a flight home from Paris.  Well worth the cost and time!