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A Way with the Fairies
May. 11th, 2014 02:02 pmSep 2013
Some Kind of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce - Gollancz, 2012
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The only other Graham Joyce book I have read is The Tooth Fairy, an enjoyably twisted take on the titular being with a Ramsey Campbell-like streak of psychological horror. This is a similar modernisation of a traditional fairy tale that asks what would really happen if a mortal lost in the world of the fae were to return after many years. It is very well written, but like his previous book, I now have difficulty remembering the details of the plot which suggests that its emotional strength isn't as great as it could be.
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Some Kind of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce - Gollancz, 2012
* * * *
The only other Graham Joyce book I have read is The Tooth Fairy, an enjoyably twisted take on the titular being with a Ramsey Campbell-like streak of psychological horror. This is a similar modernisation of a traditional fairy tale that asks what would really happen if a mortal lost in the world of the fae were to return after many years. It is very well written, but like his previous book, I now have difficulty remembering the details of the plot which suggests that its emotional strength isn't as great as it could be.
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