01-09-2023, 06:10 AM
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
A bit better than his recent outings. Still a lot of the same King features like alcoholism, small towns, and Elder Man-Younger Man mentorship. But the story was nice and clean and very readable. Charlie's mother is dead. His father descends into alcoholism. He has to grow up on his own until his father gets his life back together. One day he saves recluse Howard Bowditch's life and gets drawn into Bowditch's world. One of the big keys for me was that Charlie had to take care of Radar, Howard's aging and arthritic german shepherd. That trapped me in the feels.
Eventually Charlie goes on an adventure into Empis to save Radar's life which leads him to helping save the land of Empis. King draws parallels to the usual fairy tales to what Charlie is experiencing.
My usual problem with King is that he writes really well but the stories he tells aren't that great. This time the story wasn't all that bad. And it was a stand alone. No cliff hanger! Very exciting.
A bit better than his recent outings. Still a lot of the same King features like alcoholism, small towns, and Elder Man-Younger Man mentorship. But the story was nice and clean and very readable. Charlie's mother is dead. His father descends into alcoholism. He has to grow up on his own until his father gets his life back together. One day he saves recluse Howard Bowditch's life and gets drawn into Bowditch's world. One of the big keys for me was that Charlie had to take care of Radar, Howard's aging and arthritic german shepherd. That trapped me in the feels.
Eventually Charlie goes on an adventure into Empis to save Radar's life which leads him to helping save the land of Empis. King draws parallels to the usual fairy tales to what Charlie is experiencing.
My usual problem with King is that he writes really well but the stories he tells aren't that great. This time the story wasn't all that bad. And it was a stand alone. No cliff hanger! Very exciting.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm