We meet Charlie, a charming 17-year-old living a pretty typical teenage life: school, sports, the occasional girlfriend. Those images released the story I wanted to tell.” I saw the empty streets, the haunted buildings, a gargoyle head lying overturned in the street. In the book’s jacket flap, King writes: “As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city – deserted but alive. Since it veers from the prolific writer’s typical horror fare, “Fairy Tale” may be a good option for readers turned off by the blood, gore, and terror of some of his other books (although they’ll find some of that here, too). He asked himself “What could you write that would make you happy?” This book was the answer.
Like many people during the pandemic, King sought ways to occupy himself. Charlie Reade, the main character, warns the reader right off the bat: “I’m sure I can tell this story. Surprisingly unscary, the book offers a journey through an enchanted world. Stephen King’s “Fairy Tale” is an epic quest novel with a golden-haired hero and his beloved pooch who save a cursed people from an even more cursed villain.
