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A review by brittsbooknook
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.5
I have mixed feelings about this book. I've never read Stephen King as I'm not into horror but this is not horror, more dark fairy tale/fantasy.
What I liked:
-the world building, an interesting way of looking at our fairy tales.
-Charlie & Radar the dog! Love, love their dynamic.
-How Charlie & his fathers relationship progresses.
What I didn't like:
-too much cussing for my taste
-some pretty vulgar phrasing at times
-the "this world's" current events/happenings being added into the story. It felt very random. It felt like they were added in so we can know the authors opinions on those things but it kept disrupting the flow of story and was distracting.
If not for my dislike reasons above I would have rated this 4 stars.
What I liked:
-the world building, an interesting way of looking at our fairy tales.
-Charlie & Radar the dog! Love, love their dynamic.
-How Charlie & his fathers relationship progresses.
What I didn't like:
-too much cussing for my taste
-some pretty vulgar phrasing at times
-the "this world's" current events/happenings being added into the story. It felt very random. It felt like they were added in so we can know the authors opinions on those things but it kept disrupting the flow of story and was distracting.
If not for my dislike reasons above I would have rated this 4 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail