Unfortunately, there are deficiencies of plot and character which are hard to ignore. Feist’s descriptive style and easy way with dialogue makes the book very readable. Similarly, in the scene where Patrick is replaced by a changeling, it's very easy to empathize with his terrified twin brother, Sean. Gabbie’s encounters with Wayland Smith and the Fool were both charged with a sense of erotic danger, culminating in her near-rape at the hands of the latter. For the majority of the book we get only glimpses and whisperings of the faeries, meeting one once or twice during particularly dramatic moments. The threat of the mischievous faeries to the Hastings family seems real in that dull, throbbing sense of dread one feels about coming home only to find the door ajar. My attraction to and enjoyment of Faerie Tale stems from the atmosphere that Feist creates and sustains through the entire book. I really liked it the first time I read it, several years ago, but upon re-reading it I’m forced to pay attention to its flaws as well as its fun parts. Faerie Tale is at times delightful urban fantasy and at other times heavy-handed and forced.
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