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    Faerie Tale

    Written by Raymond E. Feist

    Narrated by Tim Flavin

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    “A contemporary novel of masterful horror replete with magic, fantasy, and more than a little stylish sensuality.”—The Washington Post

    Phil Hastings was a lucky man—he had money, a growing reputation as a screenwriter, a happy, loving family with three kids, and he'd just moved into the house of his dreams in rural of magic—and about to be altered irrevocably by a magic more real than any he dared imagine.

    For with the Magic came the Bad Thing, and the Faerie, and then the Fool . . . and the resurrection of a primordial war with a forgotten People—a war that not only the Hastings but the whole human race could lose.

    “Absorbing, thought-provoking, and thoroughly magical. Feist's skillfully crafted prose illuminates many of the darker sides of fairy stories. . . . Try it as a bedtime story . . . but only on nights when you can take some time getting to sleep.”—The West Coast Review of Books
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateNov 28, 2017
    ISBN9780525633853
    Author

    Raymond E. Feist

    Raymond E. Feist was born and raised in Southern California. He was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours in Communication Arts. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar Cycle among other books.

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    • 4/5
      Faerie Tale walks a fine line between dark fantasy and horror, and lands mostly outside of horror only because of its subject--which is to be taken as something of a warning for dark fantasy readers, as the gore, the trauma, and the various resolutions tread territory that's often closer to what I'd expect from horror vs fantasy.

      All that said, this is a fast-paced and fairly fun read. It does read as somewhat dated--there's so much head-hopping there, I often rather wished it were written from a more contemporary style--and the women in the book are especially stereotypical (though, truth be told, most of the characters do come across as fairly superficial/undeveloped, maybe partly because there are just so many POVs here and the action takes all of the focus). But if you can get past that dated quality and just fall into enjoying the story, there's plenty of entertainment to be had here.

      Will I recommend this book? To anyone interested, given the caveats, yes. Will I read more of Feist's work? Likely only if the concept really jumps out at me, as plot gets a lot more focus in this story than character, and I more often enjoy books that are at least partly driven by engagement with character.
    • 3/5
      Faerie Tale steps more into the modern world than a lot of Feist's work. I like this more than any *any* of his Riftwar work, as at least it is working from a fairly original premise rather than adapting gaming sessions. Some of what's below is going to sound kind of negative, but ultimately I did enjoy this more than any other Feist work, and as long as some of the...triggering things aren't too much for a reader its probably worth the quick read it it is. Right out of the gate, potential readers should know that there's a fairly detailed sexual assault. I've read some criticism of how the aftermath is handled, but I think Feist is at least trying to give a reasonable in-universe explanation within the story. Overall, the story is pretty preoccupied with sex, probably something to expect from a semi-modern faerie story, but just be aware going in. How a lot of sex and gender relations are handled is pretty par for the course from an 80s horror/fantasy story, but again, from a current lens is going to feel pretty cringy and insensitive at times.
      Its early for the urban fantasy movement, but is closer to that than most other sub-genres. Its clear some research went into the supernatural/folklore aspects of the book but its implementation is just okay. The main characters consist of a family of five, a few scholarly friends, one of whom is a love interest to the oldest daughter. Every one of them is exceedingly brilliant and wealthy. Some are famous (the parents, one of the scholarly friends), some are genius academics far more well off than academics should realistically be (another of the friends and the love interest), some have inherited wealth (the heiress daughter), some like the daughter and another academic are just so broadly brilliant and talented it puts the idea of a polymath to shame. For me, this was a harder issue to get past reading the story than dated handlings of gender roles and sex, but your mileage may vary.
    • 4/5
      (Dit boek is eerder verschenen onder de titel 'Een boosaardig sprookje')

      Een (dark) fantasy verhaal in de huidige (1988) tijd, hoewel sommige het misschien als horror zouden betitelen. Het is het enige verhaal van Feist dat op zichzelf staat. Het verhaal is gebaseerd op Ierse en Schotse Folklore en mythen.

      In het begin sleepte het boek zich voort, maar na zo'n 150 pagina's begon het beter te worden, en kwamen de personages beter uit de verf. Ik kon de doodsangst van de kinderen (vooral vooral van Sean toen hij zijn broer ontvoerd zag worden, en toen hij deze probeerde te redden) goed voelen.

      Het 'horror'-gedeelte van dit boek betrof voornamelijk de kinderen Sean en Patrick, nadat zij een ontmoeting hadden met de 'Lichte Man'.

      Het boek bevatte een aantal scenes met een aanranding van pre-tieners. Hoewel ik de afkeer die dit voor sommige lezers oplevert, kan begrijpen, ben ik ervan overtuigd dat dit de beoogde reactie was.

      Zoals gebruikelijk in dit soort verhalen, zijn het de kinderen die dingen zien die de volwassenen ontgaan, en is het aan hen om de boel te redden.

      De volwassen personages zijn allemaal net een beetje té perfect. De vader is een succesvolle auteur/scenarioschrijver; zijn vrouw een semi-beroemde toneelspeelster; de dochter (uit een eerder huwelijk) beschikt over een trust-fonds van miljoenen; haar vriend is ook een veelbelovende schrijver.

      Het einde van het boek viel wel wat tegen.

    • 4/5
      Read this AGES ago - probably would fall in the category "WHY did I like this so much??"
    • 1/5
      This book was recommended me to quite a while ago and the cover looked neat, so I broke ranks with my pre-designated Jane Yolen and went for it.

      Seriously, not judging a book by its cover is hard to do when there's not only a creepy hole in the barn wall view but also... a big spidery thing drooling over a bloody shoe! Egads.

      The story is set in a woodsy bit of New York state and centers around a family who buy a piece of land that
      includes the hill of the Elf King and a whole forest full of shiny little creatures and dark freaky ones and a few mythological figures - the White Ladies, the Fool and the Great Hunt, Puck - who start popping up and draw the attention of a local researcher.
      I should have obeyed the signs that the title was the only light-handed thing the author produced when I noticed a lot of random uses of words like "decidedly" in everyday conversations and the habit of couples spontaneously calling each other "lover."

      I forged ahead but I just kept running into more bits that make me go "really? did nobody even try to edit this?" The faerie queen is carefully described as being a good head taller than the human she is talking to, but suddenly, she looks up at him mournfully. A kindly doctor tells the father of a brain-damaged patient that his son's life signs are missing and "if he's a corpse, he's really loud."

      The good thing about this clunker was that it encouraged me to re-read - and recommend - some authors who do faerie/fairy/faery (but not ferry) tales right: Jane Yolen and Robin McKinley. Both have kids and adult fiction, so spread the love.

      Jane Yolen has some stand-alone novels and has also done some co-writing with Terri Windling. I honestly have not read as much of her as I have of McKinley, but so far, so good. Far beyond bloody shoes and pitchforks. I haven't checked out her kids' fiction, so let me know if you do. .

      Robin McKinley seemed to hit sudden popularity while I was in college. I picked up Spindle's End (Cinderella remix, up in here) and was very impressed. A word of caution: her books vary from YA to adult and sometimes the twain don't get near each other. Deerskin got a little really dark and twisted (and not the fun twisted), so take time to look over or read up on any of her adult fiction your kids want to read. The blurb on that one made all the hair-curling action later a big surprise.
    • 1/5
      Truely one of the worst novels I have ever read. I still get upset whenever I see a copy of a book by this man.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book. The author describes the faerie as they were seen or imagined by people of past cultures. Beings that were feared because of their, playful, dangerous, dark and sexual nature. These are faerie of Celtic lore. My favorite character is Amadan na Briona, a beautiful and wickedly seductive male elf.

      The Hastings family move to an old country house by the edge of a forest in New York State. When two of the children, twin boys, go to play in the forest, they sense a sinister presence lurking under an old bridge. Soon after, this arachnid-shaped being becomes bold enough to crawl one night into the twins' bedroom. The story takes off from there. In time the reader will be taken with some of the characters to the forest and into an evil, labyrinthine " Midsummer Night's Dream".

      But let's not spoil it. It's fast-paced, fantastic and breath-taking.
    • 4/5
      Feist uses characters from Midsummer Nights Dream to create a thrilling story about a family that unknowingly got in over their heads when they find a buried chest near a tree on their property. I liked it, if you enjoyed Gaimans American Gods you might try this one its fast paced a little scary sometimes and though it's a little light on character development it's still a really good story
    • 4/5
      Excellent tale by Feist. I enjoyed this from page 1 and actually tried to read the last part slower so the book wouldn't be over. A wonderfully horrific dark fantasy set in upper state New York. It was full of mythical beings and the humans were also portrayed well.
    • 3/5
      Honestly, I think I would have liked this book better if it were updated! The problem with *new* ideas is that they are old school twenty years later. I had some difficulty getting past that.
      There were also spots that were long and detailed, rehashing prior speculation. Maybe when it gets updated, 50 pages could come out?
      The book got in the way of the story. I liked the story's premise. It is interesting to think what would happen if the Sidhe were to show up out of legend and myth in modern(ish) upstate New York. Toss in secret societies, and you've got a compelling story.
    • 4/5
      One of many books about what happens when the world of Faerie intersects the real world. I really enjoyed this book, particularly because it was set in Western New York. Feist did a good job with it too!
    • 3/5
      In a nutshell, this is the story of a man who moves to the country and discovers there are supernatural beasties living on his property. In this case, the beasties are faeries straight out of Celtic myth. It felt a bit contrived, but some visuals were reasonably compelling. Parts of it are a bit dated (MRI was in its infancy, for example) and the characters were mostly a touch flat. I did like Gary and Mark quite a bit, but - though it would have been completely unheard-of at the time - they would have worked better as a couple than merely coworkers. All the same, I probably won't go out of my way to read more Feist.
    • 4/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed this book, thought it would make an interesting RPG Oneshot (nWoD Innocents/Changeling crossover if you're interested). Wasn't so keen on the ending really.
    • 5/5
      Raymond Feist is a favorite author of mine, though only a few of his books really approach brilliance. The first half of MAGICIAN (APPRENTICE), for example, was fairly dull, while the second half (MASTER) is one of the best Fantasy novels I've read. The next novels are generally middle of the road, with some very interesting high points along the way.

      FAERIE TALE is probably the highest of those high points, at least of the Feist novels I've read so far. It is beautifully constructed and paced, with a very interesting history and realistic characters. It is wholy entertaining from beginning to end.

      While it is very different than the Rift War novels (starting with the fact that this is low fantasy rather than high fantasy), Feist does not at all fumble with the new landscape. I am very glad to have read this one.
    • 5/5
      One of feist's better works. As everybody knows - when the faerie lost the battle over the world with humans and were expelled into the ether, they seperated into the dark and light courts. They still trvael the earth from place to place staying for six months before moving on at the equinox. When they stay in middle america strange things happen, and the local children start to investigate. The dark king is trying to lure humans to break the treaty made so long ago when the exile happened. Fortunetly the guardians are still nearby, though they don't take account of the individual lives. Can the brother save his twin in time?