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archergal 's review for:
Some Kind of Fairy Tale
by Graham Joyce
I really liked this book. It was my first Graham Joyce book, but it won't be my last!
I've been on an other worlds/adjacent worlds kick lately. There's Mythago Wood, where the other world is generated by a bit of primeval woodland. In King of Morning, Queen of Day, the other world springs from the powerful imagination of a young woman. In Some Kind of Fairy Tale, we're left almost to the end of the book before we know if there even IS really an adjacent/faery world.
It's the story of Tara, who may (or may not) have been carried away by a fairy man. She spends 6 subjective months in a sort of "Elfland" and then returns, only to find that 20 years have passed in our world. The working out of what happened to Tara, and how her return affects her and her family is explored in interesting ways. And we learn that you don't have to be carried away by the fairies to have 20 years of your life lost living in a dream. Good stuff.
I listened to the audio version read by John Lee. He's an excellent narrator, and handles the different voices well. The Scribd audiobook app continues to be a bit problematic when you're offline.
I've been on an other worlds/adjacent worlds kick lately. There's Mythago Wood, where the other world is generated by a bit of primeval woodland. In King of Morning, Queen of Day, the other world springs from the powerful imagination of a young woman. In Some Kind of Fairy Tale, we're left almost to the end of the book before we know if there even IS really an adjacent/faery world.
It's the story of Tara, who may (or may not) have been carried away by a fairy man. She spends 6 subjective months in a sort of "Elfland" and then returns, only to find that 20 years have passed in our world. The working out of what happened to Tara, and how her return affects her and her family is explored in interesting ways. And we learn that you don't have to be carried away by the fairies to have 20 years of your life lost living in a dream. Good stuff.
I listened to the audio version read by John Lee. He's an excellent narrator, and handles the different voices well. The Scribd audiobook app continues to be a bit problematic when you're offline.