Matters on Stardust
STARDUST: A Fae Quest
Have you ever wondered how the strife between the lion and the unicorn have started? Or did you ever wished to catch a fallen star of your own? Wonder no more for the Stardust by Neil Gaiman will give you answers - fictionized they may be.
Stardust is written in a tone different from his other works of art. It was mainly because it was written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy. Fluent as it may seem it is not a tale for children for there are ideas that only matured thinking could grasp.
In the real world, we always look up the sky to search for fallen star to make a wish. But in the world beyond Wall — a village in remote Europe — fallen stars are more than what you really expected. Stars are of humane nature and they are literally in human form.
And that is what Tristan Thorn promised to give Victoria Forester to prove his love — thinking that it was only a fallen star, in short cosmic rock. Stardust is a journey not only of distant lands but a journey to manhood. Here Tristan will do everything and even cross the wall to prove his love to his lady.
But will he really succeed in doing it so. At first he was tested in crossing through the gap in the wall but when he finally did he was aided by creatures and humans alike to fulfill his ordeal. There he discovered that the fallen star was not actually a morsel of rock but a lovely creature of the fae.
But his discovery is not yet at an end for the life of the star is endangered by other entities just to satisfy their own whims. One (or three) is the lilim that would do everything to obtain youth and beauty. There is also the Sormhold gents, which contest for the throne of the Stormhold Castle.
At first it was only a journey of love until it became a series of conflicts - greed, malice, hatred and lastly death. Here the seemingly Happy Ending was brought to a scary point as to what will happen to the star. Revelations where poured in a heap and a truer and fiercer love has been realized.
The ending was quite unexpected. There are twists and turns that would lead you to go away with your presumptions. When the journey was near at an end you, yourself, will debate who is best for Tristan. But eventually true love will rule and even a magical knife can’t defeat it.
