One for the Books: Fairy tales updated

One for the Books: Fairy tales updated

- Mary Louise Ruehr

Being a kid at heart, I’ve always loved fairy tales. But “modern” fairy tales? Let’s see.

Stephen King’s novels have always been fantastical — and usually on the grim side. His latest, “Fairy Tale,” is both. But if you know the history of fairy tales, you know they were originally quite violent and grisly. And “violent and grisly” fits Stephen King’s works to a “T.”

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