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Neil Gaiman is a complete hack. Almost all of his his novels doesn't have a proper ending. Its almost always narrative arcs are just dropped and forgotten. Look at America gods, its ending is essentially just an offscreen time skip because he has written himself into a corner and didn't know what to do with his story. Stardust is even worse, it basically just drops all character storylines and just forgets to resolve any of them, movie did far better job writing a narrative consistent ending than Gaiman did.

>> No.22278840

>>22278753
I like Neil Gaiman. His stories are fun to read and that's what makes them good.
Neverwhere and Good Omens are in my top five as far as fiction.

>> No.22278898

>>22278840
The fact that American God isn’t there in your list is a shame. It’s far better than Good Omens

>> No.22278900

>>22278753
i loved this movie as a kid, felt bit gothic, bit arthousey like burton film or something

>> No.22278909

>>22278898
I haven't read it yet, but I don't really think it's a competition between them. If I like American Gods I like it, but I'll still like Good Omens too.

>> No.22278938

>>22278909
>>22278898
alright heads up i was shitshing and didnt really read what you typed
so yeah i haven't read it yet but i doubt it'll drop good omens off, i really like that one conceptually.
who knows though, maybe it will.

>> No.22279009

>>22278753
That's exactly why I stopped reading Sandman. There was literally deus ex machina, i.e. God intervened and solved everything in like two pages. Previously Sandman himself did similar, e.g. when he visited that serial killer symposium and just disinterested the main bad guy.
The best part of Sandman were the one-shots.

>> No.22279030

>>22278753
>being such a plotfag Gaiman filters you
Wrapping things up nice and neat is not exactly difficult. You should put a little effort into considering he did it the way he did for a reason beyond incompetence.

>> No.22279034

>>22279030
>you don't get it bro, it's shit ON PURPOSE

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22279046

>Wrapping things up nice and neat is not exactly difficult. You should put a little effort into considering he did it the way he did for a reason beyond incompetence.

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22279140

>>22279030
>Wrapping things up nice and neat is not exactly difficult

>> No.22279304

>>22278900
Yeah I loved that movie too, Claire Danes who played the star was literally my first movie crush. But still, even the movie had a better ending than the book. My point is that stardust novel just didnt had an ending, Gaiman killed off several characters made it a sad ending and called it a day

>> No.22279363

>>22278753
>his novels doesn't have

>> No.22279849

>>22278900
I've seen Stardust several times and each time it feels like I'm watching someone play a video game
>new interesting character met
>new place to go to
>uh oh, the final boss is reanimating the dead guy as part of the next phase

>> No.22279998

>>22278753
Neil Gay Man is SHIT and PISS

>> No.22280832

>>22279849
I think its like that on purpose, its like king of elflands daughter but with more lineral story. Also its quite basic overall, typical Campbell's heroes journey. He is called to adventure, tempted by a false lover, minor setback, magical help and so on

>> No.22280841

>>22279009
Dream isn't the main character of every story arc.

>> No.22280846

He did a comic called Marvel 1612. Which I liked. Not a phenomenal work of literature, but good.