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thenageler's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Violence
beardybot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Starting as many such stories do, with a loving family moving into a grand house and spiralling into otherworldly madness, Faerie Tale is in many ways a fairly standard Fae horror. Its more fantastical elements cover similar ground to American Gods or Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, without any of the flair of Gaiman or Clarke's later magnum opera. And its more mundane elements are, well, mundane.
I did nearly drop it near the climax, when a child did some decidedly unchildlike things, but past that point is blessedly the best of the book, and enough to rescue an otherwise dull read from the one-star treatment. Feist is one of my very favourite authors, so I'm glad for that!
I did nearly drop it near the climax, when a child did some decidedly unchildlike things, but past that point is blessedly the best of the book, and enough to rescue an otherwise dull read from the one-star treatment. Feist is one of my very favourite authors, so I'm glad for that!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
seanml's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A really well-done hidden gem of dark fantasy. Perfect for starting off October! Raymond Feist understood the nature of classic folklore fae very well; women, not so much all the time. But the book is still surprisingly high quality for 1980s fantasy/horror! Strong 8/10.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexism
Minor: Colonisation, Addiction, War, and Murder
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