Fairy Tale: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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Charlie’s dad suffered from alcoholism and recovered through Charlie’s help, AA, and a supportive network of friends. How does Charlie’s relationship and healing with his father counter with his relationship with Mr. Bowditch? Cómo me ha gustado! Una primera parte maravillosa, para degustar despacio a pequeños sorbos, King en estado puro. La segunda, el cuento de hadas, fantasía al estilo King. Buena prosa, buen estilo, buena historia, buen final. Y ante todo, dos personajes, un chico y una perra, directos al corazón toda la lectura y más allá. El maestro es el maestro y no hay que darle más vueltas. The main character of Charlie is basically good with a bit of dark/rough in there to do what he needs to do when he is transported to the world of Empis. I wouldn’t call him a morally grey character but he does have to do actions he’ll struggle with later in life. Homeless, I thought. The bank will take the house, like in The Grapes of Wrath, and we’ll be homeless. I’d never said such a thing to him in my life, and I sort of wanted him to come in and give me a slap. Or a hug. Something, anyway. Instead I heard him shuffle into the kitchen, where the bottle of Gilbey’s would be waiting.

Me gustaría deciros que al final recuperé mi lado bueno. Deciros que me arrepentí. No sería verdad. En todos nosotros hay un pozo oscuro, creo, y nunca se seca. Pero allá vosotros si bebéis de él. Esa agua está envenenada.» 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. Great, just great. At this point I'll say I don't give an eff about Charlie & his Dad, but the dog better survive the novel. Like I didn’t know the rest of the bottle would be on the kitchen counter. And another one in the liquor cabinet. Or two. Or three.As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city—deserted but alive. I saw the empty streets, the haunted buildings, a gargoyle head lying overturned in the street. I saw smashed statues (of what I didn’t know, but I eventually found out). I saw a huge, sprawling palace with glass towers so high their tips pierced the clouds. Those images released the story I wanted to tell.” stars. I’m still King’s Constant Reader and devoted fan, but this mediocre book is easily forgettable.

What do you think about Charlie’s voice and retrospective point of view? Some of his lingo and phrases speak to older generations, ones that a teenager from the 2010s wouldn’t necessarily say. How does this characterization later play out in the novel and what effect does it have for you as a reader? A main character encounters a hidden world that has wonderful imagery, odd creatures and a fight against good vs evil. The first half of the story sets up Charlie’s family, Mr. Bowditch and his injury, Radar, and the gold in Mr. Bowditch’s safe (among other events) before we enter Empis. Why does the author take longer to set up Charlie’s normal world instead of entering straight into the magical one? In your opinion, does this setup help or hinder the story? El whisky no huele como la ginebra… y a la vez sí. A mí todo el alcohol me huele igual: a tristeza y pérdida.» I thought of that book cover, the one showing a funnel filling up with stars. Not stars, I thought. Stories. An endless number of stories that pour into the funnel and come out in our world, barely changed.

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By the end of the novel, how has Charlie grown as a person? Why does he feel the need to tell this story to the reader, and how does he use his experience to grow personally and professionally? In my opinion, he did a fantastic job taking the reader on a journey that's whimsical, courageous and nail biting good! This book feels like Stephen, but also doesn't at the same time. It's not quite a horror book, and it's not quite a fantasy book, it's somewhere in between.

Read The Gunslinger, the first book in King’s Dark Tower series. Discuss the world-building parallels between both books.Stephen King has all the daring, enchantment and even romance of a classic bedtime story, but King's signature unsettling style will keep you sitting up straight and wide-eyed rather than drifting off to dreamland.” Conclusion: If you want to read a Stephen King book about a boy in a twisted version of Fairyland, read The Talisman instead.