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A review by lexiesophocli
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
should’ve been two books .
you can tell stephen king is really churning them out - all of his books are longer yet don’t have the same substance as his earlier - better - works. this one was a miss from me,, 2.5 stars is even a bit generous,, it lacked depth and felt like a mishmash of narratives rolled into one undercooked “story”. also i hate hate HATEd the way charlie kept saying things along the lines of “that’s not what he said, i translated it from empirisan” .. like, we get it becky.. you’ve acclimated, you’ve done what no other american has - you learned the language of the place you visited… anyway, rant over. this book was a waste of 95% of the pages it was written on. job done. hope he retires soon before he churns out more half-done story-mill books that only appease his publisher.
you can tell stephen king is really churning them out - all of his books are longer yet don’t have the same substance as his earlier - better - works. this one was a miss from me,, 2.5 stars is even a bit generous,, it lacked depth and felt like a mishmash of narratives rolled into one undercooked “story”. also i hate hate HATEd the way charlie kept saying things along the lines of “that’s not what he said, i translated it from empirisan” .. like, we get it becky.. you’ve acclimated, you’ve done what no other american has - you learned the language of the place you visited… anyway, rant over. this book was a waste of 95% of the pages it was written on. job done. hope he retires soon before he churns out more half-done story-mill books that only appease his publisher.