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Fairy Tale by Stephen King

54 reviews

rissaread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

this was my first stephen king book and i think it was a nice introduction to his writing and his style.  i loved this book, i love the story and reading everything charlie was going through. i can of course see why people didn’t click with it, not everyone is into fantasy esque books and that’s fine. 

and yes, i can say at some points it felt as though there was unnecessary details or pieces in chapters that were definitely not needed ( like that part in a chapter about the jenny girl charlie knew, kind of unnecessary to me ) some parts did drag and i was like alright get to the point lol but i loved the story! 

i also saw some reviews here of people saying once charlie enters empis it got boring and they liked the beginning better but i completely disagree. the whole point of this story was about the other world, the world under the well and it was so fascinating to me. again, i get it not being everyone’s cup of tea but don’t pick up a book literally called fairy tale and expect a normal story about a teenager and a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Animal cruelty

unicornofblue's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, and Torture

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Bullying, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

jpfortmiller's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Body horror, Torture, Slavery, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

shiftycow1313's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Car accident, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Blood, Violence, Death, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Slavery, Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Ableism, Addiction, Excrement, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

the dog does not die

djenkin96's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book seemed to be split into 3 completely separate stories almost. I got a bit confused and struggled around 200-350 pages in. I struggled going from an odd

fairy tale story

to almost

hunger games style story

and then back to the strange fairy tale story. There was a lot of stairs and I often got confused if what was happening ! It was overall okay ? I enjoyed the style of writing and would read other kings.

I just kept reading because I was worried the dog was going to die !  I’m unsure if that’s good because of the hook or bad because it was the only reason after

mr bowditch dies

- I feel that In. Itself  didn’t do the character justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

anniefizzell's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gore, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Grief, Torture, and Violence

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

yes it took my forever to finish this but honestly i kind of enjoyed taking my time with it. it let me sit with the conflicts and the characters much more.

the world is so rich and thought out, the characters were all lovable, and the narration (as i listened to this on audio), was one of my favorites. 

also, radar deserves the best

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

booklover_helen's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was my first ever Stephen King book and boy did I love it. It initially had a slow build up slowly building my curiosity of that mysterious shed before delving into the wonderful tales of another world with Charlie and his dog Radar. It entailed a great adventure and is probably one of my favourite fantasy books. So sad when it ended but I guess all good things come to an end eventually. Definitely listen to the audiobook if you can (which is what I did)!!!! Happy reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Gun violence

victoriawl93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

friedfae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I wish it didn't end the way it did

sealing the entrance to Empis

, but I did quite enjoy listening to this book. The chapters when Charlie

is in prison,

tend to drag on a bit. The climax builds and builds, leading the reader/listener to look forward to

the battle with Gogmagog, which was a huge let down. Seriously, saying his name to defeat him???

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Cancer