Fairy Tale

So here we are, two very different things going on here.

Pre-hole and post-hole.

Pre-hole is classic coming of age King. Boy meets grumpy, sweary man and forms a friendship and it's beautiful, and there's a dog and at times it gets you in the feels. It's as good as anything King has written.

Post-hole, we enter the realm of fantasy and it's an unashamed love letter to the Brothers Grimm and there's giants and Punzel and Stiltskins and all that gubbins. Up to a point I'm still really enjoying it. BUT once the dog's story is resolved (about 2 3rds of the way through), for me it's done and the rest of it is just so so, I knew how it was going to end because in fairy tale land, good always trumps evil and that's how it should be.