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Fairy Tale by Stephen King

145 reviews

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

nat20charisma's review against another edition

4.75

A long but unique fantasy “portal genre” story. The pacing is comfortable, and I really did not see the story going the way it did, but it was satisfying. It’s definitely a case of the prince swooping in, but the princess is not totally defenseless and they fix the problem together. 

I had some minor issues with the story, but nothing that ruined it.

Ie: why was “blonde hair and blue eyes” a sign of a prince?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

The father becomes and alcoholic after the mother dies at the beginning, but that part of the story is short lived and he does recover. Also, if anyone is worried about the dog: Does the dog die in this story, the answer is

no. There’s a moment where it seems like she might, but she survives.

connie29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Slavery, Excrement, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, and War

lindsaybethlyons's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

Even though I didn’t love all moments of the book, I really enjoy anything Stephen King writes at the sentence level. His writing is just compelling to read because it’s good writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Addiction, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

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

emmaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Body horror

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Violence, Alcoholism, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and War

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is very different from what I expected of Stephen King and I loved it!! I enjoyed the little bits of fairy tale lore laced throughout the story and the dollops of King’s world mentioned too. It was a fun story to listen to and a great twist on fairy tales in a very Stephen King way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit