The book’s alternate world combines Grimmian fairy-tale elements with Lovecraftian ... those we love can be whisked away. The early pages King spends in portraying their relationship reverberate ...

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By Matt Bell When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. FAIRY TALE, by Stephen ... It takes many pages and foreshadowings for Charlie ...

“Fairy Tale ... 800-page range like “Under the Dome” and “11/22/63” rely on incredibly intricate world-building of places recognizable to us — just familiar enough that King can then make them feel ...

Image: Wikimedia Commons A task, a tale. The Faraway Nearby is easily described as a fairy tale. Solnit’s mother is like “a book coming apart, pages drifting away, phrases blurring, letters falling ...