Look, I know I saw the film. But I could not remember anything from it except that she was a fallen star. Nothing else. So I borrowed this book from the public library and read it. It is, after all, from Neil Gaimann. And as with every other book from Neil, the story is great. Something out of this world. But I must admit I have problems with reading too many different perspectives that come together in the end. In this case I had a problem with the POV of the leaders of Stormhold and the Witches POV. Oh and the Madam Semele's too. But I pushed through, finished it. Because I know it would end good. Even though I was able to predict major plots even in the middle of the book. Anyways, sad that Tristran had to die. I wished they would have both lived a long life. That Yvainne being a star could rub off of him.

[4.5] I loved it. My only problem was that I knew the movie adaption really well and the first 100 pages I always compered the book and movie and I was slightly irritated how different they are. But I have to say I love the book a lot more than the movie adaption especially the ending was in my opinion better.

For most of the book I found it quite ordinary and boring, I must admit, and even if I liked the second half of it well enough, I don't think I will remember this as something special. Luckily it was rather short, so it wasn't so hard to get through. It's a prime example of the hero's journey, though. It's been a while since I talked about it in school, but this book is textbook hero's journey format and it was easy to spot the steps of it that I still remember.

I overall enjoyed Neil Gaiman's take on writing a fairy tale for adults. It was different from stories that I normally read and I quite liked that. The whole setting and Gaiman's writing style really managed to get me drawn into this magical story. However, as the story is quite short, the character development and the chemistry of the relationships suffered a bit. I also personally didn't like how violent this book got in a certain situations. In conclussion, I will give this book a three star rating overall!

Tristan Thorn leaves his hometown, a rather ordinary place called Wall bordering on the land of faerie, with the mission to bring back a fallen star. With this, he wants to win over Victoria, another one of the locals. It turns out there are a lot more people looking for it, though, for various reasons, and also that in these magical lands, a fallen star is much more than a piece of rock. I don't exactly know what it is about this book, since neither the characters nor the story seem particularly special (not bad, or boring, I liked following all of them and seeing how they all fit into the same story and everything would come together eventually, they're simply not that kind of extraordinary you sometimes get), and yet. It's more of a feeling, I guess. Maybe it's because we've all felt a bit like Tristan at some point (at least I know I have), living in a town like Wall, and then leaving to discover so much more, and growing (up) while doing so, but there's something almost magical about it.

3,5 Sterne Schönes Märchen für Zwischendurch. Ich hatte den Film zuerst gesehen und fand ihn ganz ok. Nachdem ich erfahren hatte, dass die Buchvorlage von Neil Gaiman stammt musste ich diese kleine Geschichte natürlich lesen. Das Buch hat mir im Nachhinein besser gefallen, da es weniger kitschig ist.