Into the Forest discussion

This thread is for Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Because there probably will only be a few people reading it, I am not going to set up spoiler/non-spoiler threads.
If you write anything you think might be a spoiler this is how you can hide them:
< spoiler >text goes here< /spoiler>
Take out the space between the brackets then you have this:
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Up to now I am really enjoying this, in fact if I had the time, I'd sit down and read it straight though.
It does not have a real Christmasy feeling to it, so best it did not win for the group read.

Robyn wrote: "On the on hand, this is a discussion thread for the book, and I feel like I should say more. OTOH, I don't want to spoil anything for those still reading, or those who haven't started yet...."

I am interested in reading what you have to say Portia! You can go ahead and write your thoughts and just hide them. That's what we usually do in buddy reads.
I just read your review and was tempted to read the spoiler, but controlled myself. I am a little over 1/2 way though, only having time lately to read a little in the morning and evening before I go to bed.

I must say the way the Fae are very different from any other books I've read, more like hippies gone extreme! I am enjoying this original take on them.

Robyn wrote: "I liked the faeries too. Hippies gone extreme is a great description, but they're better than hippies, imo, maybe because they have managed to gain knowledge, skills, longevity from their life, so ..."

For the fairy chapters, I've only gotten as far as the part in the lake.
The earlier chapter of the two Fae having sex on the kitchen table...Woodstock on steroids! I found the scene quite comical actually!

Up to now I feel bad for Richie. He's obviously a talented musician, but growing up up with no mother and an alcoholic father, then in a short time losing his girlfriend and best friend, everything was against him!

Robyn wrote: "I liked the faeries too. Hippies gone extreme is a great description, but they're better than hippies, imo, maybe because they have managed to gain knowledge, skills, longevity from their life, so ..."

Now as I read on I see what you meant Robin. The "Faeries" are indeed very advanced in many ways! Just the living together in a commune and the "promiscuity" is reminiscent of hippies.

I really enjoyed this book. A lot!
I've only read one other book by Graham Joyce, The Facts of Life, but like this one so much better.
Robyn, I like the way you expressed the following in your review:
"A little is gained: knowledge, as I said, and also a family friend as good as a son and a brother and an uncle (once also lost, and now regained), who is a bit of a replacement for the daughter/sister/aunt who is lost".
(view spoiler)[As I said earlier on I felt so bad for Richie, first getting dumped by Tara, then falling under suspicion, then losing his best friend Peter, as well as Peter and Tara's parents who were like his adoptive parents. It was very touching to see how he was accepted into into Peter's new family. And it was nice to see how he channelled the pain of the break up with Tara artistically, using it to write a new song. (hide spoiler)]

While I appreciated the psychiatrists interpretation of Faerie adduction (in fact I found it fascinating) I found him very narrow mined and full of himself.
I really hated him after I found about how he had (view spoiler)[given electric shocks to the neighbour, Mrs Larwood (hide spoiler)]
and (view spoiler)[No recollection that something similar had happened over 50 years before and that maybe there could be some truth to the stories. So I was happy in the end, what Tara did to him even though he probably would never make the connection (hide spoiler)]

So the novel is sad, but I was please with the outcome. The ending fulfilling, the epilogue however questionable...... (view spoiler)[I was like Oh no! Not again! (hide spoiler)]

And I loved the scene when Tara gets rid of the mice!

Okay, I loved this book also. So glad that you all read it. I agree about the mice, and that The Facts of Life is not nearly as good as this one.

Oh, I agree! I really liked this one but wasn't nearly as enamored with The Facts of Life. I also liked his Tooth Fairy.