PositiveThe Irish Independent (IRE)While King is a master of spine-tingling supernatural scares, and there’s plenty here, he knows that human beings can be as bad, if not worse, than ‘monsters’ ... There are plenty of knowing winks to the reader and he even throws in a reference to his own creation, the deranged dog Cujo. King is at his very best writing dogs and Radar, Charlie’s companion as he battles evil, is exceptionally well portrayed ... King’s fans will love this unquestioningly and I’d happily recommend it to anyone who likes a good read ... The middle section is slightly long but overall, it’s still a page-turner. Ultimately Fairy Tale is an allegory about modern America and the death of the Dream, and therein lies real terror and the uncertainty of a ‘happily ever after’.
Paula Hawkins
PositiveIrish Independent (IRE)... an old-school psychological thriller about slightly odd people ... Hawkins gives all of the characters reasons for the readers to feel sympathetic ... This is a proper page-turner and where it veers from Rendell and James is in the tone, which isn’t constantly dark. Disinhibited Laura can be very funny, sometimes even intentionally ...The twists are many and the first, which comes early on, made me laugh out loud. I could almost hear a laughing Hawkins saying: \'Got you.\'
