The book was first published in 1999, and if you're lucky, you've got a copy with some of Vess's gorgeous illustrations in it. To talk about Stardust, a book which is the lovechild of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Charles Vess and features, among other things, a star who falls to earth and looks a heckofa lot like a girl. We're not here to talk about astronomy, though, we're here Off to? Forget making wishes-we want to know what happens to those brilliantįlashes of light once they escape our line of vision. I *highly* recommend this book.Have you ever seen a shooting star and wondered where it's My only regret is that it ended too soon - I definitely wanted more. It was the only thing that I found to be negative, but you do get over it soon after and are sucked right back into the plot and excellent narration. In my opinion, it took away from the story. It could have easily been written differently and the idea of what transpired would still have been conveyed. There was no need to have such a detailed sexual encounter in the middle of what is a fairy tale. However, there is one scene in this book that was totally unnecessary and was even distracting to the story in my opinion. The cons: I am NOT a prude at all - I love a good sensual and sexy story. Very well developed characters, definitely scoops you up and carries you along with the story, never letting you down. The pros: incredible story, and even more incredible narration. Truly, it's a breath of fresh air to hear such an original fable. This was truly an incredible tale, amazingly read by the author himself. Outstanding, but with unnecessary sexual content This is a perfectly executed audio fairy tale FOR ADULTS. I wasn't once aware of a voice not fitting the character, or oddly constructed, or any of the usual issues I encounter - not even that I would've read it differently. Neil writes beautifully, and the reading just blends so well with his writing that it's seamless. Leaving that aside, however, the experience with this book was the smoothest I've ever had with an audio book. If I had bought the book for a child, I'd be very angry, but I bought the book for myself, so that didn't cause me any problems, just some surprise - although parents should be forewarned. There's a sexual encounter in there that is definitely NOT child appropriate. Stardust, however, doesn't have anything for me to be critical OF, except its designation as a children's book. I generally have something critical to say about any audio book - even if it's only that it isn't being read the way I, my own perfect self, would read it.
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