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Fairy Tale by Stephen King

75 reviews

anniefizzell's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

booklover_helen's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was my first ever Stephen King book and boy did I love it. It initially had a slow build up slowly building my curiosity of that mysterious shed before delving into the wonderful tales of another world with Charlie and his dog Radar. It entailed a great adventure and is probably one of my favourite fantasy books. So sad when it ended but I guess all good things come to an end eventually. Definitely listen to the audiobook if you can (which is what I did)!!!! Happy reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nat20charisma's review

4.75

A long but unique fantasy “portal genre” story. The pacing is comfortable, and I really did not see the story going the way it did, but it was satisfying. It’s definitely a case of the prince swooping in, but the princess is not totally defenseless and they fix the problem together. 

I had some minor issues with the story, but nothing that ruined it.

Ie: why was “blonde hair and blue eyes” a sign of a prince?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

The father becomes and alcoholic after the mother dies at the beginning, but that part of the story is short lived and he does recover. Also, if anyone is worried about the dog: Does the dog die in this story, the answer is

no. There’s a moment where it seems like she might, but she survives.

pipbiz's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Misogyny

carriehaley89's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Slavery and Torture

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and War

javafenn's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is very different from what I expected of Stephen King and I loved it!! I enjoyed the little bits of fairy tale lore laced throughout the story and the dollops of King’s world mentioned too. It was a fun story to listen to and a great twist on fairy tales in a very Stephen King way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

kristie_deaver's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

The dog lives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Torture, and Murder

franzis's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail