Stardust - Neil Gaiman

I just completed Stardust by Neil Gaiman! You know you love reading books when literally moments after finishing one, you pick up another.
I did enjoy this book, he writes very beautifully. I must admit, this is one of the very rare occurrences in which I enjoyed the movie better than the book. It's like they took the simple idea of the book and created this movie with hilarity, action, adventured and romance - when the book was a much more serious and long-winded interpretation of the journey. There was also a couple of things I didn't even think about - but in the movie there are a couple of spicy moment (if ya know what I mean, *nudge nudge*), but they are in the book - which I found a bit awkward to read myself. I mean, they're probably no where near the depth or description of the likes of Fifty Shades of Grey (I wouldn't actually know as I refuse to read them), but just keep that in mind if you choose to read this book.
I would recommend reading the book first in this case, as it is possible to enjoy the movie once you find you already like the book - it's harder to do so the other way around.
My expectations were high for this book, and I must say I was slightly let down. But if you can see the movie and book as somewhat separate entities, I am sure you will enjoy both. The movie was so much funnier and had much more of the romance involved, which is probably why I like it more than the book. It also seemed to flow just a little bit better. The book was a massive adventure that was confusing at times, and even disappointing in moments because the movie had brought these certain characters or moments into life and had taken them so much further than the book had written them to be.
All in all, the book is good, the movie is better. I still enjoyed it. 3.5 or possibly 4 out of 5 for this one.