Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

118 reviews

czoltak's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

"You'd risk your life and sanity for the dog?"

"I love her."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A haunting and darkened version of The Wizard Of Oz. I really thought I was going to give this 5 stars. The idea of doing literally ANYTHING for a dog (even going to another world and risking your entire life on something that might not even work) is something I can completely get behind. However, the ending of this just got a little too weird and over the top even for my tastes. I recognize this is high fantasy which isn’t my usual genre, so that’s honestly probably more on me than the book. My only other complaint was the length of this; the pacing of our world vs the other was just very disjointed to me and threw me off. Despite these, this was a solid read and one of King’s that I really liked of the ones I’ve read so far. Between this, Billy Summers, Later, and Joyland, it’s safe to say I prefer Stephen King’s newer works and will continue to pick them up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Excrement

Minor: Ableism

xlipkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Cursing, Death, Confinement, War, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Alcoholism

Minor: Incest

bethr's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

 The audiobook narration is competent, but the book is so over-written that it would have been preferable to read the print version and skip or skim the dull stretches and more grotesque bits. The problem with a first-person narrator is

you’re pretty sure they’re going to survive, so there’s not much suspense

and few of the other characters were developed in much depth until near the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Death

anniefizzell's review against another edition

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

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

ebullientbunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, and Violence

booklover_helen's review against another edition

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

carriehaley89's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Torture and Slavery

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

aude's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Violence, Cursing, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Ableism, Excrement, and Vomit