Fairy Tale: a novel

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I try not to. And mostly I can do that unless I wake up at two in the morning with nobody in the bed but me. Then I blame him.” I just adored this book. I slowed down my listening near the end just because I didn't want it to be over. That's really saying something when the audio is 24 hours long. Stephen King has written one of my favorite books of all times: IT. There is nothing like that book and those characters out there. I think he truly delivers magic when it comes to coming of age stories and he adds so much soul to mundane characters. Conclusion: If you want to read a Stephen King book about a boy in a twisted version of Fairyland, read The Talisman instead. 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.

My first thought was with the shed, because that’s where my adventures really began, but then I realized I would have to tell about Mr. Bowditch first, and how we became close. Only that never would have happened except for the miracle that happened to my father. A very ordinary miracle you could say, one that’s happened to many thousands of men and women since 1935, but it seemed like a miracle to a kid. Bueno, allá en ese mundo del que hablo hay un campo de flores rojas, una cabaña donde vive una mujer deforme y casi sin rostro, una chica de las ocas que no tiene boca, un anciano ciego, un hombre que no puede sentir, una mujer sorda, un reloj capaz de manipular el tiempo, un enano malvado e imprudente, gigantas temibles, personas grises, soldados de la noche, sirena, lobos, un cielo adornado con dos lunas llamadas Bella y Arabella, el Asesino del Vuelo, un dios dormido, prisiones, juegos mortales, deportes sangrientos, persecuciones y brutalidad sin igual. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest 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. La segunda parte transcurre ya en el mundo de Empis. Un cuento de hadas al estilo primigenio, con toques de humor y con escenas duras, de esas que no se leen a los niños. Una princesa heredera camuflada de pastora, un gobernante malvado, insectos del tamaño de gatos, gigantes, zombis eléctricos, una zapatera muy especial, una familia real diezmada, un reino destruido, una ciudad peligrosa y Charlie, que viaja a ese mundo impulsado por su amor a Radar. A medida que se avanza en esta segunda parte, comprendemos el tiempo que King se ha tomado en la primera. Todo tiene su razón de ser. But one night about a week before school was scheduled to start again, it came into my mind to pray. The urge was so strong it was really a compulsion. I got down on my knees beside my bed, folded my hands, squeezed my eyes shut, and prayed that my father would quit drinking. “If you do that for me, whoever you are, I’ll do something for you,” I said. “Promise and hope to die if I don’t keep it. You just show me what you want and I’ll do it. I swear.”He got a part-time job at the Jiffy Car Wash out by the turnpike extension. That lasted a week, then he either quit or got fired. He didn’t tell me which and I didn’t ask.

One final random thought… to go with the absolute shit-ton of random thoughts that have comprised this “review”: As Leah was leaving Charlie’s bedside during his recovery he thought of a haiku he studied in an English class: At one point in the novel, Charlie Reade is in a course called America Today and his teacher, Mr. Masensik, asked Charlie for his opinion concerning the shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. Both of those shootings occurred in 2016 and the novel is set in April 2013 to February 2014, so those shootings would not have occurred yet. So. While I can't foresee this being one that I re-read, it is a wonderfully imagined book about a boy and his dog who travel to a magical land and fight evil. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest 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 that world or ours.Read The Gunslinger, the first book in King’s Dark Tower series. Discuss the world-building parallels between both books. Maybe I shouldn’t have been reading this in parallel with what I consider King’s best - the still amazing after a gagillion rereads It). I do book signings at Barnes and Noble and talk with readers about books and the poll I’ve taken on this book is a mixed bag. Some die-hard fans said they lost interest in the middle, some say there were too many characters once he entered the fairy tale land. I think both of these comments (pretty consistent too) are related. Los cuentos de hadas, que hoy en día se consideran bonitas historias para dormir, solían ser parte de las pesadillas. Las versiones que se encuentran en los libros para niños son a menudo versiones suavizadas de las parábolas crueles y espantosas que son las originales, cuyos "felices para siempre" están lejos de ser garantizados. Las hermanastras de Cenicienta, por ejemplo, mutilan sus propios pies en su desesperación por entrar en esa zapatilla de cristal. No muy diferente, la malvada madrastra de Blancanieves es castigada por sus fechorías haciéndola bailar con un par de zapatos de hierro al rojo vivo hasta que cae muerta.