Let's Talk About "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King || BOOK REVIEW

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @laurenevan9866
    @laurenevan9866 Год назад +15

    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!

  • @JH-qy8no
    @JH-qy8no Год назад +43

    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.

    • @choahjinhuay
      @choahjinhuay Год назад +3

      Only we don’t know why Charlie did the deed with the one woman he had 0 chemistry with.

    • @zthebig6753
      @zthebig6753 Год назад

      @@choahjinhuayIt was a thank you

    • @dunkboyxd6618
      @dunkboyxd6618 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@choahjinhuaybrooo I was so confused like who was she lol

    • @PebbleEbble
      @PebbleEbble 8 месяцев назад

      Do you remember being 17? You don’t refuse a thank you

    • @Baxterbrookies
      @Baxterbrookies 7 месяцев назад

      A multitude of references were made for a modern teenage boy that only a 50+ year old would get. It was pretty bad even referring to Cujo. Just awful!

  • @codyketter
    @codyketter Год назад +10

    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.

  • @travismiddleton8218
    @travismiddleton8218 Год назад +12

    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

  • @emmaelise9831
    @emmaelise9831 11 месяцев назад +3

    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!!

  • @xQueenOfDarknessX
    @xQueenOfDarknessX Год назад +9

    I had never read SK before, got this for Christmas as a gift, and I loved it! First 5 ⭐️ of the year for me! ❤️

  • @treeskin77
    @treeskin77 Год назад +7

    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.🎉

  • @DavidBrant
    @DavidBrant Год назад +2

    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.
    Charlie, a 17 seems like an old soul. I really resonated with this character, as i too had a turbulent childhood and empathised with his losses and dealing with his father’s downward spiral and especially becoming a carer and having to grow up too fast.
    Howard filled the gap in his life at the right time, and it made sense a 17 year old would latch on to such a curmudgeon. Radar was the best for me and was totally invested in her journey with Charlie.
    SPOILER ‼️ : I felt the ending was good, but i did find his father’s storyline odd, how he was able to suddenly cope about Charlie going missing, and not falling off the wagon….i’m glad he didnt and that Charlie was open to telling him about it all. Which in the end, felt more satisfying ❤

  • @treeskin77
    @treeskin77 Год назад +1

    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.

    • @PsilocybeJedi
      @PsilocybeJedi Год назад +1

      OMG I completely forgot about the Xanth novels! Thanks for sending me on a trip down middle school lane lol

    • @treeskin77
      @treeskin77 Год назад

      @@PsilocybeJedi that's awesome

  • @bobbyincidemetal
    @bobbyincidemetal Год назад +7

    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.

    • @cezann1990
      @cezann1990 7 месяцев назад +1

      Definitely agree! There's even a quote from the series "There are other worlds than these" included in the book! Gave me the goosebumps!

  • @michellenh21
    @michellenh21 11 месяцев назад +1

    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 :)

  • @toshikotanaka3249
    @toshikotanaka3249 Год назад +1

    I recently read a collection called "If It Bleeds" by King. It's four novellas, and they're quite good in my opinion. I just wish he'd leave his politics out of his writing. I don't read King's works to find out how he feels about Donald Trump and the Republican Party. I just started "Fairy Tale" and I'm enjoying it very much. Aside from inserting political beliefs in his latest efforts I've always liked his books and I've read every one of them. They never, at least to me, become boring or bogged down with detail while still handling comprehensive character development. What I like the most is that King isn't pretentious, he knows he isn't an intellectual and has said on occasion "I'm the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries". He just writes good engaging stories.

    • @Jazzykatt23
      @Jazzykatt23 3 месяца назад

      100% agree with you. He is the king of character development and painting the perfect story for your imagination. The virtue signaling is nauseating. I too wish he’d stick to writing fiction. Most of us read to escape reality.

  • @talking_to_trees
    @talking_to_trees Год назад

    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.

  • @luisportillo7607
    @luisportillo7607 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @ballerinafromtheblock
    @ballerinafromtheblock 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @paulsbookshelf8600
    @paulsbookshelf8600 Год назад +1

    Great points - totally agree!

  • @lesliegordon2313
    @lesliegordon2313 Год назад +1

    This has got to be the best review of Fairy Tale I've come across.

  • @starlasell5698
    @starlasell5698 10 месяцев назад

    ❤📚❤️ I'm listening on audio now and really enjoying it!

  • @Etereys
    @Etereys Год назад +1

    Remember, King also referenced the Dark Tower in Chapter 8.

  • @fenrirwolfgaming1695
    @fenrirwolfgaming1695 Год назад

    Love the Chopper plush!

  • @Jazzykatt23
    @Jazzykatt23 3 месяца назад

    Any recommendations for another similar book?

  • @dondominicoseliga8723
    @dondominicoseliga8723 Год назад +1

    I purchased this book on the day it was issued but haven’t gotten down to it yet. Maybe your review will push me to go for it😉

  • @jivko6587
    @jivko6587 Год назад +1

    I'm currently reading the book. I've got to the part where Mr. Bowditch dies and Charlie goes down to the other world for the first time and meets Dora. I think the more interesting part of the book is yet to come! 🙂

    • @patrickhouchard5532
      @patrickhouchard5532 Год назад

      Dora the fish or Dora the explorer?

    • @jivko6587
      @jivko6587 Год назад

      @@patrickhouchard5532 Dora the fish.

    • @bopper942
      @bopper942 Год назад

      You had already read the best bit IMO

  • @cwesley2005
    @cwesley2005 3 месяца назад

    You do the best reviews!

  • @Erooun
    @Erooun 10 месяцев назад

    i dont read a lot of stephen king. in the last 50 pages or so, my understanding of the book completely changed...SPOILER:
    my interpretation of the story in a few keywords: childhood trauma, social isolation, oxycontin, addiction, "trip" to this cruel fairy tale world, field of poppies, opioids, fighting addiction, grey people, undead, opioid crisis, returns to father, heals
    anyone else looked at that from this perspective? i dont know about a lot of fairytales, thats why i could not really put myself into that setting :) so to me the fairy tale world was him getting hooked to opioids...i'll leave it with that :)

  • @BookOwl60
    @BookOwl60 Год назад

    I have read Pet Sematary and this is going to be the second book of his I read as I love pets and fantasy.

  • @נתןגרוסמן-צ3פ
    @נתןגרוסמן-צ3פ Год назад

    I loved it so so much❤❤❤
    And a few days after I finished I understood a cool little reference from Frozen - that HANA the giant guards the square where ELSA the mermaid lives

  • @tinaklingseis1012
    @tinaklingseis1012 Год назад +2

    I loved all your constructive criticism and positive points regarding his writing and style 👍

  • @Reviveftp
    @Reviveftp 5 месяцев назад

    Loooooved this book

  • @j0dor
    @j0dor Год назад

    I kept telling my wife that old Steve was showing his age. He had to have an old man with old things to make old references. I even had to look up a phrase Charlie said "In a pigs eye."
    Based review though. I'm a constant reader as well and "Stephen King does a fairy tale" was great. I love that you kept calling it light hearted because it's certainly not. Just in contrast with his other works.

  • @Dunybrook
    @Dunybrook Год назад

    Glad you enjoyed it. Stephen King has also written one of the most popular fantasy series of all time in the Dark Tower series.It's horror fantasy but still fantasy. Fairy Tale has its problems like much of his work since he just can't seem to escape elements of bigotry or sexism which in this came mostly manifests as ableism but it's still a wonderful read.

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад

      Thank you for your comment!! I plan on reading the dark tower after I finish lord of the rings! :)

  • @keithparr547
    @keithparr547 3 месяца назад

    Howls moving castle is a novel, the movie is an adaptation, check it out you'll love it.

  • @TooBadAboutKenny
    @TooBadAboutKenny Год назад

    I enjoyed your review. It's nice coming across someone who thoroughly enjoyed it as much as you! Me? I struggled to finish it 😞
    It won't deter me from reading King, though. I'm looking forward to Holly!

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад

      I'm sorry about that! It does get very slow at times. Definitely not his best work. Have you read other novels of his?
      I'm also looking forward to Holly! I have high expectations though, so prayers that SK pulls through! :)

    • @TooBadAboutKenny
      @TooBadAboutKenny Год назад

      @@mirandas_universe yes, I’m a big fan of King and have read plenty of his work. Fairy Tale and his recent Billy Summers just weren’t for me.

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад

      @@TooBadAboutKenny gotcha! What are your favorites? Mine have to go to The Stand, Needful Things, and the Mr. Mercedes trilogy :) as well as The Shining and It

    • @TooBadAboutKenny
      @TooBadAboutKenny Год назад

      @@mirandas_universe my favorite of his older stuff is Pet Sematary. Of his newer stuff, I loved the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. Some runner ups would be It, Misery, and 11/22/63. I actually wasn’t a fan of The Shining… too slow for me 😔

  • @nathangerowitz2246
    @nathangerowitz2246 Год назад

    I just finished this book. It was my first Stephen King book and I loved it!
    If I was going to read another SK book that wasn’t horror what would you recommend?

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад

      Hi there!! I'm so glad you liked it!!
      If you enjoy detective style books I would recommend Mr. Mercedes! Has a few disturbing scenes but overall the focus is on the detective work, it's a great read.
      Another one is The Institute, which is PHENOMENAL. It's a thriller, but the main characters are children so it's not very intense. It's one of my favorites of King :)
      Another great one is The Green Mile!! Or Shawshank Redemption!!

  • @dariangregory6182
    @dariangregory6182 Год назад

    This book takes awhile to get going but Im goad I stuck with it.

  • @dinoslayerreviews
    @dinoslayerreviews Год назад

    As someone who is a massive fan of Tolkien and Middle Earth, I felt King's writing style clash with the genre he's writing in quite strongly. So, my point is that I agree with that criticism you had of Fairy Tale, but I feel it more strongly. For that reason, Fairy Tale was somewhat of a disappointment to me. Then again, I'm not sure what I expected.

  • @Baxterbrookies
    @Baxterbrookies 7 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @danblack5402
    @danblack5402 Год назад +1

    Your commentary on this book is exactly why I have an issue with Stephen King’s “pervasive Twitter presence,” as I mentioned (commented) on another one of your videos. His inability to understand the the culture that’s grown up around him. It’s not his fault “the world moved on,” but try to know when it has…. I guess. I haven’t read this one yet, but, it’s definitely on my Radar. 😉 see what I did there. Lol.
    Just to reiterate, also from the aforementioned comment, The Dark Tower!!!

  • @Cnhfcsh
    @Cnhfcsh Год назад

    Up for a challenge? Try “fly in the ointment“ debut novel by Robert Cooper. You will forget about SK temporarily. On a whole new level.

  • @PipeRetrogamer
    @PipeRetrogamer Год назад

    I absolutely loved this one.

  • @susanmctavish6639
    @susanmctavish6639 Год назад +1

    I haven't got to it yet but I'm thinking Fairy Tale would work better as a 350 page book or so like Eyes of the Dragon. I'm kind of tired of 600 plus pages. Anyway, I cant believe now there is a remake of Children of the 🌽🌽

    • @treeskin77
      @treeskin77 Год назад

      I kind of hear what you're saying but trust me this 600 plus page but is definitely worth reading... One of the first in a long time that I truly did not put down..

  • @choahjinhuay
    @choahjinhuay Год назад

    I think the book was too short, the last quarter was too rushed and all the villains downfalls felt too fast and why were we afraid of then in the first place. Why has no one realized the power of water before?
    Overall I felt the same feeling of the ending of Lost, low payoff for the mysteries setup.

  • @YenotLlih573
    @YenotLlih573 Год назад

    The Talisman and The Black House are fantasy too. I haven't read them yet but everyone has told me they are great. I read Fairy Tale back in September I enjoyed it it was a nice change from my usual reads

  • @stormofapril
    @stormofapril 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @josebro352
    @josebro352 Год назад

    Some people say Fairy Tale is just like his other book The Talisman. Is it?

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад +1

      I haven't read the Talisman so I'm unsure! Planning on reading it soon though :)

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 Год назад

      @@mirandas_universe Thanks! Your review was better than the others I've watched. Great job!!

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад

      @@josebro352 thank you so much!! It means a lot!! :)

    • @anuparnoacharya5779
      @anuparnoacharya5779 Год назад

      Talisman is different

  • @bopper942
    @bopper942 Год назад

    Great review. I enjoyed the first part which read like classic King build up, but unfortunately for me as soon as he went into the other world I found it a real grind to get through. I just found the fantasy world a little underwhelming and he spent way too long in one place. I found the mythology and the villains a bit unclear ( although maybe I wasn't paying enough attention at times). It was too long - obviously like you say you can see the length of the book before starting - but it was slow and dragged out for the content and plot there was - what fairy stories are almost 600 pages? I came very close to bailing out when he's stuck in the one place for so long instead of exploring this new world having adventures. If this had been a lesser known/ new author I think it would have been very heavily edited down. With Charlie not seeming like he's 17 - so basically the central character doesn't ring true. It made me laugh at the end where this is directly addressed where Charlie narrates something about how we may think he doesn't seem 17- well that's because he's writing this year's later and he's in his 20s now!

    • @josianefurlong9428
      @josianefurlong9428 Год назад

      Same! First 1/3 of the book, 5 stars! Afterwards, meh and I don't know why?

  • @maniacalmayh3m
    @maniacalmayh3m 7 месяцев назад

    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

  • @Nicely3844
    @Nicely3844 Год назад

    For me, the beginning of this book is extremely slow. Im DRRRAAAAAGING through the first chapter

  • @diamondly6250
    @diamondly6250 Год назад

    i only read fantasy sooo

  • @khomo12
    @khomo12 2 месяца назад

    👍👍👍📚🤖🚀🐲

  • @societalrebel1
    @societalrebel1 Год назад

    The only part of the ending that was off putting was the random "encounter" with the random woman character. Otherwise, I loved the ending.

  • @anthonynolastname8517
    @anthonynolastname8517 Год назад

    Says king can’t write fantasy.
    clear sign someone has not read The Dark Tower yet.

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад +2

      I didn't say he can't, just that it's not his strong suit.
      I cannot wait to read the dark tower, it's my next big series after I finish lord of the rings! :)

    • @anthonynolastname8517
      @anthonynolastname8517 Год назад +1

      @@mirandas_universe I understand. No offense meant. But I can’t wait for you to read the dark tower. It is a fantasy series unlike anything you have ever read. Make sure to get the revised and expanded version of the gunslinger. It’s the weakest book in the series but the revised version is much better than the original. Also I suggest reading Little Sisters of Eluria ( short story in Everything’s eventual) after you finish Wizard and Glass and then read Wind through the Keyhole after that. It will bring the main DT story to a stop for awhile but the young Roland stuff is fantastic if you can bare to wait to continue the quest for the tower for a bit.

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад +1

      @@anthonynolastname8517 thank you for the input!! I've heard really great things, and this just made me more eager to begin! :)

    • @PsilocybeJedi
      @PsilocybeJedi Год назад

      Wizard and Glass is easily one of my favorite fantasy novels ever, let alone favorite King Fantasy novel. Goodness, what an absolute banger.

    • @anuparnoacharya5779
      @anuparnoacharya5779 Год назад

      Dark tower is boring😑

  • @thebossman60
    @thebossman60 Год назад

    The second half of this book was a slog to read.

  • @edgared9658
    @edgared9658 Год назад +1

    I’m reading it. I’m in the middle and I hate it. 😒😒😒

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад +1

      If you don't like it I say you should save time and DNF it 🤷🏼‍♀️ not worth wasting time on a book you don't like

    • @edgared9658
      @edgared9658 Год назад +1

      @@mirandas_universe I did. I quit reading this book.

  • @alexfroelich3404
    @alexfroelich3404 Год назад

    Will you marry me

  • @LilMissSmartyPants.922
    @LilMissSmartyPants.922 Год назад

    another stinker from King....what the hell!

  • @zacmccarthy3990
    @zacmccarthy3990 Год назад

    Yikes. This review is useless.

    • @mirandas_universe
      @mirandas_universe  Год назад +2

      a review, by definition, is a reader's critical appraisal of a book :) not sure what you were wanting if not that

    • @Jazzykatt23
      @Jazzykatt23 3 месяца назад

      I thought it was well-rounded. How would you review it to make it worth everyone’s while?