Loved Yvaine's grumpily endearing character but Tristran was somewhat boring and emotionless (which did help provide contrast to the delightful cast of characters). Gaiman strongly relies on the reader's trust in Stardust because Tristran and several other characters go along with a lot of weird behavior and unusual choices. The characters and narrator have little reluctance towards oddities and so the reader must be willing to accept choices that appear without logic. I think what bothered me was that this ambivalence existed not just in the fantasy world but in the real world and I found it hard to follow.