Let's Talk About "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King || BOOK REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2023
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Hello friends!
Today I have a book discussion for you, and it covers maybe one of my most anticipated Stephen king books ever. :) I hope you enjoy!!
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People need to understand that when you read Stephen King you should go into it expecting long chareacter development and backstory. Expect to know everything about the chareacter's fears and motivations.
Loved your review of this book. As a fan of fantasy novels like Tolkien, Narnia and Wheel of Time, it's been on my radar ever since it came out. I enjoyed hearing your criticism and complaints towards the book too. Have loved your Stephen King reviews especially IT and the Stand
I just finished it and I made me incredible sad. I shed a few tears. I wish there was more to come from this story. What a wonderful story this was. I love how it plays into the Dark Tower. These places were levels of the tower. That’s what I think aways.
It makes references to things like M.A.S.H. for a modern teenage boy, which makes zero sense, so references that weren't accurate at all. Seems shabbily written.
The only part of the ending that was off putting was the random "encounter" with the random woman character. Otherwise, I loved the ending.
Even though Charlie is only 17 and has unusual interests for a 17 year old. Most of his love for old black & white movies is because of his father would always be watching TCM and black & white movies were staples in his household. I completely agree with you on most criticisms and your points. For being Kings most recent book, he’s still got it after all these years. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, great video.
I compare Patrick Rothfuss books to this one lenght wise to guide myself. I was so disappointed of the rythm of the novel. I could not care less for most of the characters in this book (Charlie, Claudia, Radar and Bowditch excluded from this catefory). Idea and writing was perfect, but world building and execution were a flop for me.
It was a DNF. Once the fantasy part kicked in it went from me loving it to a slog. And the events that started after the culmination of the quest Charlie is on happens it just became unreadably boring. Wanted it love the second half as much as the first half
To be fair...Charlie had to grow up early because he was a caretaker for his father during his difficult times. Although it may appear Stephen King missed the mark relating to kids these days...he could have intentionally written the character this way, being an outsider emotionally from his peers because of the responsibility he took on as a child. His references to black and white films is directly connected to his relationship with his father. Just a thought :)
Great points - totally agree!
This was my first time reading SK and first time reading a fantasy novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it wrapped up nicely. I almost wish there was a continuation to the book!
I had never read SK before, got this for Christmas as a gift, and I loved it! First 5 ⭐️ of the year for me! ❤️
This was my first Stephen king novel and I LOVED it. Definitely one of my new favorite books. It made me want to finally give Stephen king a try!!
Also I totally agree with you on the length of the book, I thought it was a just about perfect as far as length and if anything it left you wanting more at the end.🎉
Thanks for your review. I like what you said. I myself cannot decide whether I love this book or not. It is not horrible, but what you said about SK's voice makes a lot of sense. I do think the book could have been shorter, and I think when people complain about the length of the book it is not that they mind reading 600 pages, it is just that the story could have been cut quite a bit. One of the things that builds tension in horror is going through every single action to slow it all down. In this kind of book, it just makes things drag. A LOT! Nonetheless, it wasn't his best but it also wasn't his worst. I read elevation a while back, which is a novella, but had something missing. In any case, thank you for your thoughts.
As I was reading it there was definitely times I was thinking about how it reminded me of the Xanth series, so I love the fact there was a call to that in the last chapters... Also it was a King book I could not put down, probably the favorite I've read since Mr. Mercedes series.
I just finished this book. It was my first Stephen King book and I loved it!
Hey Miranda I just finished it yesterday. I couldn’t put it down, I read it in 4 days. I understand all the “bad points” from other readers but I wasn’t bothered by them. I have to say I didn’t like the epilogue. I wish Charlie and Dad went to see Dora. I also think the middle section could have been shortened. I liked all the fantasy elements and characters, but the final confrontation seemed too rushed and too confusing for me. I loved the book and was engaged too. I read it in Spanish, 851 pages.
May not be his best book but I wish he wrote this genre more often. Felt like a YA fantasy for adults which I enjoyed because I’m mentally beyond reading Harry Potter Percy Jackson and the Oz series, I’m getting too old. I want to be challenged sometimes.
Good review! Just finished it last night. Loved the characters, and how Stephen worked with typical fantasy tropes and then twists it through his dark mind prism - more akin to how dark the original fairy tales were, a la brothers grim.