A review by mychemegan
Fairy Tale by Stephen King

slow-paced

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

2.0

i haaatteedd this. if it weren't a book club pick i absolutely would have dnf'd. this book was a slog start to finish. it was poorly written and poorly thought out. i think the narrative style and the pacing were the main issues because no tension was ever allowed to build due to those things. we spent so much time on things that werent important that character development and relationships never got the time they needed and even major plot points that had been told to the reader were "dangerous" and "scary" for most of the book were over in less than a chapter each. the pacing made it hard for me to care about either the characters OR the plot. plus the dialog was cringey and bad, the characterization of our main character was really unclear, and the writing was SO repetative. the references to real world stories and movies were so so heavy handed that they took me out of the story every time. i could honestly go on for hours about everything i didnt like about this book.