Title: Fairy Tale
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Fantasy
Plot: Charlie is at the end of his junior year of high school. He had a rough childhood, he and his father are learning to get along again. Then Charlie heard the creepy house neighbor’s dog scared barking. He found the owner, Mr. Bowditch, with a broken leg. Charlie called 911 and promised to take care of Mr. Bowditch’s dog, a German Shepherd named Radar. During visiting hours at the hospital, Charlie starts to befriend Mr. Bowditch. Charlie finds some strange things in Mr. Bowditch’s house when he starts looking after the house, and asks his dad about it. His dad looks into it but finds nothing conclusive. Then Charlie agrees to help take care of Mr. Bowditch when he’s released from the hospital. As Mr. Bowditch gets better, he suddenly dies. No one sees anything suspicious except Charlie. Then he finds an old recorder with a message from Mr. Bowditch in it. He explains that there’s a hidden world in his shed with the power to turn back time for someone. Charlie checks it out and finds out that it’s real. He brings Radar with him. He hopes he can heal Radar in the magic land. Soon Charlie finds himself on a bigger adventure than he bargained for. The magic kingdom needs help and Charlie gets sucked in. But what can Charlie do to help? Is there any way to help the broken kingdom?
Rating: 4.3 – a darker take on classic fairytales
Opinion: I really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure I would since, it’s a Stephen King book. I’d heard good things about it from non horror/thriller fans, so I thought I’d give it a try. It was a slow start, but picked up after a while. There was lots of great character development. It was a great coming of age story. I really enjoyed the fairytale style of the book. It was truer to the original, darker fairytales. Which is truer to the style of what I know of Stephen King. I like this style of book. I’m planning on reading more of Stephen King’s books, as I liked the book that much. A fun little side note is that the book mentions another one of Stephan King’s books in this book. This is a great book. I highly recommend this book if you like darker fairytales and have time for a 600 page book.
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