Fairy Tale

First 1/3 is great. The world building, character development, watching the relationship grow between the old man, the dog, and Charlie. Then the story shifts... and loses some focus. As I learned from Under the Dome, when the path of the story and outcome is less certain to the author, King has a way of circling back and repeating parts of the story...there isn't story progression so much as looping and rehashing and then some forward movement. Rinse and repeat. Charlie also seemed less like a 17 year old and more like a seasoned older adult...that became more of an issue the story progressed.
Not bad, but definitely not my fav.