Fairy Tale: a novel

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Conclusion: If you want to read a Stephen King book about a boy in a twisted version of Fairyland, read The Talisman instead. The thing is as follows: this book is so unlike his usual style, but at the same time he keeps his usual pace and his usual storytelling manner, which might give you chills down your spine from time to time. I’ve gone on too long, sorry for the ramble. I could continue, I love King (most anyway). I’ll end by saying for me this is a solid five stars and goes up there alongside my favorites of his which is saying mouthful.

However, it is obvious that this book gives us another of the worlds of the wheel we were introduced to in The Dark Tower, which means we also get elements of gunslinging heroics and desolate worlds. La estructura y la trama. El libro está dividido en treinta y dos capítulos y un epílogo. Cada capítulo, que consta a su vez de varias partes, tiene un título con frases alusivas a cada una de ellas. Al comienzo, una ilustración igualmente alusiva. Al estilo clásico de los cuentos tradicionales. Bueno, bonito y sencillo en apariencia. What do you think of King’s decision to begin the opening of this book with the death of Charlie mother on the “goddamn bridge” and his father’s battle with alcoholism? How does this influence Charlie’s childhood and teenage years? A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King’s work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero’s role by circumstance.

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. The plot is built as such: the pace is slow, the hero goes through various trials and challenges that turn him from an ordinary boy in a small town to a brave and wise prince in a foreign world. King’s storytelling in Fairy Talesoars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale about another world than ours, in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy – and his dog – must lead the battle.

The crash came in 2006. It was summer vacation. I had a Shrimp League game at ten in the morning—hit two home runs and made an awesome catch. I came home just after noon and found my father already there, sitting in his chair and staring at the TV, where old-time movie stars were having a duel on some castle stairs. He was in his undershorts and sipping a white drink that smelled to me like straight Gilbey’s. I asked him what he was doing home. That day had gotten off to a memorably shitty start. The house still smelled faintly of smoke even though I’d sprayed around the Glade. Dad had decided to make omelets for breakfast. God knows why he was up at six AM, or why he decided I needed an omelet, but he wandered away to use the bathroom or turn on the TV and forgot about what was on the stove. Still half-loaded from the night before, no doubt. I woke up to the bray of the smoke detector, ran into the kitchen in my underwear, and found smoke billowing up in a cloud. The thing in the frypan looked like a charred log.

In my humble opinion, (and I say this without having yet read Billy Summers or Sleeping Beauties), I think FAIRY TALE stands right up there with King's best. It's, perhaps, King's best work in years.