Reviews with content warning for Body horror - Fairy Tale

Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

75 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.

Content Warnings

unicornofblue's review

Go to review page

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

Content Warnings

jpfortmiller's review

Go to review page

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

Content Warnings

musebeliever's review

Go to review page

slow-paced

2.0

I DNFed this book 5 chapters in and went back to it because I was intrigued by the cover.
I enjoyed the straightforward and clear writing. Apart from this point, I really struggled to make progress. The building of the story is incredibly slow. The first third of the book is made with vague foreshadowing and the presentation of the life of an ordinary teenager. The ableism of the fairytale part was frankly exhausting. I don't recommend it to any disabled people.

Content Warnings

gladiolus17's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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? No

4.5

This is my first Stephen King book if you don’t count partial readings of Salem’s Lot for a college class. I am in love with his writing!

Charlie was such a good kid. I kept thinking of that in the beginning as he took care of Howard. He is not a Disney Prince but he has a good heart and knows how to take care of business.

Radar… I love her. King knows how to write dogs. I just kept thinking of the old girl German Shepard my mom has and the scenes with Radar really tugged at my heartstrings.

As well, the side characters had such good dialogue and personality. I really loved the loving relationship Charlie had with his dad.

I wasn’t too keen on the fairy tale Hunger Games at the latter half of the book since I preferred the first half better. But it was still enjoyable to see Charlie become the prince Empis needed.

Content Warnings