Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King

Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Winner of the 2023 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice!

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 that world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.

Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.

Magnificent, terrifying, and “spellbinding…packed with glorious flights of imagination and characteristic tenderness about childhood, Fairy Tale is vintage King at his finest” (Esquire).

“Good, evil, a kingdom to save, monsters to slay—these are the stuff that page-turners are made from.”—Laura Miller, Slate

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A Boy and his Dog at the end of the World

The king of horror, thrillers, and suspense is back! I was eagerly awaiting the release of Fairy Tale, as I always consider any Stephen King book to be worthy of excitement and celebration.

Over the last few nights, I experienced the audiobook in relatively short intervals, cherishing and treasuring the time spent with this latest book from one of my favorite authors. Flawlessly plotted, exquisitely detailed, and vividly alive, for me, this story is reminiscent of A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World and, of course, of the cult-classic King novel, 11/22/63.

Best-selling and award-winning author Stephen King delivers another amazing adventure with Fairy Tale! Set in a strange new and magical world, featuring a number of unforgettable characters compelled to take part in a series of epic events, the story shows us how far a boy is willing to go in order to save his adopted dog.
If you want to find out more about the story, I suggest that you read the Publisher’s Summary on your own, but I definitely won’t spoil this awesome Fairy Tale for you here.

Stephen King is one of the best authors in the world. He has written more than 100 books, short stories, and novellas in almost all genres out there, so we can say that he is an expert in telling tales and fairytales. I experienced many of them as audiobooks and his latest novel, Fairy Tale, is sure to delight and entertain everyone who picks it up – I’m sure that this is a must-buy that will bring excitement to millions of his fans around the world.

Renowned actor Seth Numrich does a stellar job with the narration for Fairy Tale. He perfectly captures the emotions and drama that our young hero is living. Switching seamlessly between characters, assigning each of them different voices, accents, and personalities, he grabs the listener’s attention right from the beginning with a superb and emotional performance and doesn’t let go until the very end. Fairy Tale is Seth Numrich’s second time performing a Stephen King book, after delivering us Later, last year, but in my humble opinion, he acquitted himself exemplary once again.

Fairy Tale is classic Stephen King, original, dark, gripping, entertaining, scary and so captivating! If you pick it up, make sure that you have some time on your hands because you won’t be able to stop listening!

This is definitely the kind of tale that constant readers and listeners of Stephen King are hoping for. At the end of my review, I feel the need to add a small observation. During his adventures in this new world, our hero will encounter people afflicted with all sorts of disabilities and impairments, from blind to deaf, to physically disabled characters, and so on.

I know that some readers or listeners could be feeling let down by these portrayals, but I’m sure that Mr. King didn’t mean to miss represent any disability or hurt the feelings of anyone on purpose. This is a work of fiction, let’s just take it this way. Some of you may already know that I’m blind, so although the characters depicted in this novel feel at times that they don’t do us any favors when it comes to proper representation of a disabled individual, I enjoyed the many hours spent in their presence.

The dog made the book!

My first time reading from Stephen King, didn't know what I was expecting, but anything that has the word "fairytale" and Stephen King had to be good.
I enjoyed the book, kept my interest, and it was exciting!
Telling a story about a dog and his owner, the way it was told, made me cry a couple times...the love we have for our dogs.

Another of his great works

Loved every second of it couldn't put it down. I carried my phone with me everywhere

amazing

no words to describe this amazing story. as always Mr. King has came out on top. a definite re read.

Wow! Really fun

Great listen. Haven’t done King in awhile- brought me back.
Intelligent. Great character. Loved it

I love this story

I enjoyed this book so much I went back to reading it over and over.

Not a fan of fantasy

To be honest I liked the beginning of the book best....nice story...I'm not a fantasy reader by any means but this one wasn't too bad,,,,,at least I could keep up with the weird names and such...
Narration was outstanding......could only give it 4 stars though

Very great book!!!

great book hooked me from the start.
I can hope an wish he would consider writing a 2nd book to this one.....

Loved it.

This book was so great. “ Who says dogs can’t talk?”🥰❤️. Wonderful book. Worth the credit.

Awesome!

Stephen King knocks it out the park! Seth Numrich is one of the best narrators, period.