Fairy Tale: a novel

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In some ways those were good months. I felt useful, needed. I liked myself better than I had in a long time. Only the end was terrible.” Don’t worry, I will not ruin anything for you but this novel is simply amazing. The way King blurred reality into fantasy completely blew me away. Even all the scary and horror situations were perfect that led to an awesome fairy tale story that was unique and just so good. The atmosphere, world-building, character development, and the pure creepiness of everything King built just really resonated well with me. Once I got to the 80% mark, it was incredibly hard to put this down to see what would ultimately transpire. Chapter One: The Goddam Bridge. The Miracle. The Howling. CHAPTER ONE The Goddam Bridge. The Miracle. The Howling.

I feel this is going to be more of an expulsion of emotions I went through while reading Fairy Tale than a standard review. But before I start…Mr Bowditch is a wonderfully crafted character. He loves his old German Shepherd, Radar, and is more concerned with Radars wellbeing than his own. Both man and dog are old. Mr Bowditch is not long for this world and knows it. Once Charlie has earned his grudging trust, Mr. Bowditch charges Charlie with a dangerous task.

But when a dog alerts him to the plight of a reclusive neighbor, he does the right thing and helps. Charlie even becomes his caretaker. The first half of the story sets up Charlie’s family, Mr. Bowditch and his injury, Radar, and the gold in Mr. Bowditch’s safe (among other events) before we enter Empis. Why does the author take longer to set up Charlie’s normal world instead of entering straight into the magical one? In your opinion, does this setup help or hinder the story? Hero of Fairy Tale is Charlie, a 17-year-old who has been through hell ever since his mother was killed in a hit-and-run following which his father became an alcoholic. He's in a pretty good place at the beginning of this book, but he doesn't really trust it. Also, some stuff he's done in the past is haunting him.Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. A main character encounters a hidden world that has wonderful imagery, odd creatures and a fight against good vs evil. Homeless, I thought. The bank will take the house, like in The Grapes of Wrath, and we’ll be homeless. Your friend Andy isn’t the only kid he’s yelled at,” Dad said. “Bowditch is famous for his foul temper and his equally foul-tempered German Shepherd. The town council would love for him to die so they can tear that place down, but so far he’s hanging in there. I speak to him when I see him—which is rarely—and he seems civil enough, but I’m an adult. Some elderly guys have an allergy to kids. Steer clear of him would be my advice, Charlie.” Ok. I'm a cat person, but I'm not a monsterous weirdo. I love dogs, too. They just aren't independent enough for me to have at this point in my life. Or maybe ever again. I don't know. They're a lot of work. And cats are all the snuggly things minus the hyper-needy shit.

By the end of the novel, how has Charlie grown as a person? Why does he feel the need to tell this story to the reader, and how does he use his experience to grow personally and professionally? Great, just great. At this point I'll say I don't give an eff about Charlie & his Dad, but the dog better survive the novel. It would also be fair to say I'm not a diehard Stephen King fan, even though I've read quite a few of his books and I do respect him greatly as an author and a storyteller. Wray, Julian (2022-09-08). "Ableism and uneven pacing hinder the magic of King's 'Fairy Tale' ". The Michigan Daily . Retrieved 2022-09-19. That's the kind of fairy tale King was creating for his own book and he succeeded. You can clearly see that he believes in the twisty ones rather than the Disney sugary ones.Esta novela es una mezcla intertextual que atraviesa multiversos y salta géneros, impulsada por encuentros memorablemente extraños y una acción bien interpretada, a menudo emocionante. En una de las mejores (y más extensas) secuencias de la novela, Charlie se ve forzado a participar en actividades en las que deberá decidir si asesinar o ser asesinado. Pero es que a los 17 años, Charlie ya ha visto los efectos persistentes de los pozos oscuros en su padre, un alcohólico en recuperación. Charlie tendrá que aprender a vivir con lo que ha bebido de los suyos. Después de todo, la bondad no es algo que eres, incluso si eres el príncipe elegido que ha venido a salvar un reino: la bondad es algo que haces y Charlie Reade siempre está haciendo todo lo que está a su alcance. Charlie Reade parece un estudiante de instituto normal y corriente, pero carga con un gran peso sobre los hombros. Cuando él solo tenía siete años, su madre fue víctima de un atropello y la pena empujó a su padre a la bebida. Aunque era demasiado joven, Charlie tuvo que aprender a cuidarse solo... y también a ocuparse de su padre. El whisky no huele como la ginebra… y a la vez sí. A mí todo el alcohol me huele igual: a tristeza y pérdida.» una vez, Stephen King se atrevió a escribir una novela llamada "Cuento de Hadas", tomando prestado de los cuentos clásicos que todos conocemos, tanto los estándares antiguos como los clásicos modernos, para poner su propia firma en un género fantástico dentro de una narrativa que abarca mundos con gigantes devoradores de hombres, zombis eléctricos, castillos y sirenas, duelos a muerte, un gobernante cruel y una bella princesa. Sin embargo, es un chico y su mascota quienes conquistan nuestro corazón, así como los esfuerzos pasados de King han desconcertado nuestra alma.

It's a 2.5 star book for me and I'm rounding down to 2 in my Goodreads rating. There wasn't anything to make me want to bump it up. I'm afraid I can't recommend it. This book has too many issues for me to give it my stamp of approval. If you really feel like you must read this one, I hope you'll wait for it to come to your local library instead of dishing out cash like I did. Honestly, I think it's best to just take a pass. Cuando eres lector constante de un autor como Stephen King comienzas a ver sus aciertos y falencias. Descubres de qué pie cojea y sobre cuál mantiene el equilibrio. En este caso, siempre he dicho que tiene una manera de narrar muy pausada y a veces, me pasa últimamente que cuando veo que sus libros tienen más de 800 páginas me pregunto si valdrá la pena todo el viaje final. Y vaya que sí, para mí lo ha valido con creces. Es de esas veces en las que ni siquiera estuve pendiente del número de páginas que faltaban y solo quería más y más, sumergirme en el cuentazo y todos sus detalles fantásticos que me tenían maravillado. I’d never said such a thing to him in my life, and I sort of wanted him to come in and give me a slap. Or a hug. Something, anyway. Instead I heard him shuffle into the kitchen, where the bottle of Gilbey’s would be waiting.

Conclusion: If you want to read a Stephen King book about a boy in a twisted version of Fairyland, read The Talisman instead. First, he chose to write the entire book in first person but in the reminiscent voice. I’m a huge proponent of the Fictive Dream. I love being dropped into the story and having my real world disappear and time turn elastic. When I finally pull my head out of the book to look up four hours has slipped away. And it feels like only twenty minutes. With the reminiscent voice King held me at arms-length from the story and even went as far as bursting the “forth wall,” when he stopped the story and the main character (author/story teller) gives us information. I don’t like it in movies and I don’t care for it the stories I read. I prefer the active voice where the author sets the scene, drops me in and I stay there living the events along the main character. The reminiscent voice is “telling,” the story as if I’m in a bar with King and he’s relating what happened to him. Most authors would have a difficult time pulling this off, but King is a master craftsman and still held my attention throughout, (for several reasons I’ll elaborate on later). In addition, the choice of the reminiscent voice gives up a great deal of tension and suspense because we know the hero is going to make it through, (and he keeps reminding us that he makes it through the ordeal by bursting the forth wall). Otherwise, I wouldn’t be sitting at the bar with him telling me the story. I didn't like this one as much as I loved King's other fantasy book, The Eyes of the Dragon, but that's more than likely just a "me" thing. Andy had a story about that dog, a German Shepherd named Radar, like the guy in the M*A*S*H TV show. We’d all heard him (not knowing this Radar was actually a her), and had gotten the occasional glimpse, but Andy was the only one who’d seen the dog up close. He said he stopped on his bike one day because Mr. Bowditch’s mailbox was open and stuffed so full of junk mail that some of it had fallen to the sidewalk and was blowing around. Two weeks later he gave Overland his notice, and in February of 2012 he hung out his shingle in a tiny office on Main Street: George Reade Investigator and Independent Claims Adjuster.