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Summary: Once upon a times¿.
Review: To sum it up, this story has the sensibility of an epic poem or soap a la Dungeons & Dragons on the road to Oz and over the rainbow. King creates some great characters and develops them in almost three-dimensional detail so you feel as though they are your friends. He takes you on a long and perilous journey on which you quickly suspend your disbelief. He exercises great skill moving in and out of fantastic events and places while, at the same time, anchoring them in the familiar. Most of the story is told in retrospect about people and places in the future with connections to the past. It has something for everyone -- love, hate, adventure, sex, horror, violence and an ominous foreshadow of our fate as a nation. The only disappointment was that there was not more, more, more.
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Summary: Long, but worth it
Review: What a satisfying book. My first impression was this is a long book. I was flipping through it to see how long the flashback would take, and was frankly-dismayed to find that it took the entire length of the book. I was thinking it's "telling all" would take out the mysterious quality of Roland the hero, but I was wrong. This book is long, and though one might think it will drag, it is the most romantic and moving story in the series so far. The awesome gun -slinging action that the young Roland and his buddies display are wow-ing. Somewhere in the reading, I forgot that it was a flashback. One could take the flashback out, and package it as a bizarre western-romance novel on its own, and it would still fare quite well. It was also a treat to see the connection of the Dark Tower in relation to some of King's other works, most prominently The Stand. I don't know, but I thought there was some relation to Pet Sementary (does anyone else see it?) Oz and the rainbow fitted right in with the story too, going along with the idea of doors between worlds, and magical realism. It could even parallel the entire storyline, if that is possible. This book diverges somewhat in style from the previous three, but nevertheless, a worthy book of the Dark Tower Serie. Just one question for Mr. King: How soon will the next book come out!
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Summary: the Epic book of Stephen Kings Epic tales
Review: Wizard & Glass is the best Stephen King book I have read. I enjoyed the dark tower series a lot, this is by far the best book of the series though - the flashback story of Roland's, the last gunslinger, past is terrifically mystifying and capturing and also devistatingly sad. It is an epic tale of adventure, love, magic and tragedy. I recommend this book with out a hestitation. 5 stars.
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Summary: My 2nd favorite in the series
Review: King does it to me again with Wizard and Glass. It was at first hard to get into but after the first hundred or so pages It became harder and harder for me to put it down. It was fasinating to read about Rolands adventures as a young gunslinger. I felt that this was Kings most romantic work in the Dark Tower. If you have not read the first three, what are you waiting for? If you have, then do not miss out on an extrodinary continuation to a gripping story.
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Summary: And the Dark Tower nears
Review: I didn't know of this world. A beautiful world, slowly crumbling, moving on as Roland, son of Steven, last of the Gunslings had so many times put it. I didn't know of this Dark Tower, or it's power over one man's heart. A power that makes one choose between pure and innocent true love, and an edifice that is destroying your world, and many others. I know now, and after reading the four Dark Tower novels I also know that the Tower is close. Anyone can read a book, but few will ever be as touched and moved by one like this. Wizard and Glass is like no other tale I have ever read. A beautiful love story beyond the hearts of man, a tragic victory that spans worlds and results in the loss of the only people you love. It is magnificent. Words cannot compaire to the Dark Tower, or could ever praise King enough for his compelling story telling. He writes a romance that reads like an action and concludes in fantasy. Nobody in their right mind could or would want to do that, just be thankful he did. The Tower is drawing near, and as much as I don't want it to ever end, I need to know what comes next.
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Summary: The End At Last
Review: This is King's final installement in his fantasy Dark Tower Series. In this book we here about Roland's child-hood and his first love. This book isn't quite as fast paced as the third installment; however, it won't let you down. Yes they reach the dark tower and then..... Well I won't spoil it for you. Have fun reading and enjoy.
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Summary: S. King's Masterpiece
Review: As with all of King's books, Wizard and Glass is not only a tale of forbidden horror and fantasy, but a fascinating character study. I have read all of King's work, and W/G is the summit of his art. This book contains so many intense scenes. I couldn't stop reading it. I felt the animosity and the tension between Roland's friends and the war they fought. I felt the teenage bond of love between Roland and Susan Delgado. Yet in order to comprehend the saga one must read the three previous Dark Tower epics. King is less than a God but more than a man...
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Summary: Best in the Dark Tower Series!
Review: All of my doubts about the Dark Tower Series completely disappeared once I read this fourth installment of Roland's story. This compelling prequel finally answers some of the questions of Roland's past. You can learn all the secrets about Roland's friends and his family, plus an entertaining love story develops between Roland and Susan Delgado. The bad characters are pure evil, and the good characters make you laugh and cry. I couldn't put it down on a FIVE-HOUR plane trip! The book is very easy to get into because the beginning scene on the brainy train Blaine is one of the best sequences I have ever read. I read that chapter a few times because I liked it so much. The Wizard of Oz references are placed well, and it's fun to figure them out. This book is a great romantic fantasy!
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Summary: More love than guns, but the dark tower is still ahead
Review: Another masterpiece of Mr. King. Although Roland makes love many more times than fires his guns it is not a another western love story... is quite different. The dirty shadow of the Dark Tower is always there. This book closes some open loops in the three previous, but adds new ones that remain open. The characters of Roland and his partners are very well worked out. What is good? Each page of the book has the (dangerous?) power to keep the reader turning pages again and again despite the hours that he or she have been spending on it. What is bad? The end of the trip is, at least, two books away (but, is it a real bad?) A final tip: check out the S. King's tv-movie "the storm of the century".
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Summary: One Of THE Best Books That Puts Several Movies To Shame...
Review: I just couldn't put this thing DOWN. Stephen King has an extraordinary mind- sometimes I wonder if a book like this was ever even possible to write. The adventure, action, and the even the romance was beutifully sculpted to the extreme perfection. Normally romance in books bore me to death because everything is always written typically, but Mr. King has made it quite orginal. Also, it was surprising because Roland and Susan were only in their early teens (she was sixteen and he was fourteen). I think that the romance part of the book was one of the best elements, even though King had not really exercised writing in the romance department in most of his other works. Stephen King has absolutely NO problems with his work in this book-everything was perfect- very highly original, and I was absolutely sorry to read the last page. I'm practically crying for the next book, and my curiosity can't stand the wait for so long! This book had all the right elements, and that, dear reader, cannot be overlooked.
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