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Summary: Better put on a seatbelt for this ride.
Review: In wizard and Glass, the fourth and much anticipated book in the Dark Tower series, Roland tells his Ka-tet a long ago story of his first love, and perhaphs his last true love. The book, containing a gurth of pages though most well wrote, is a little thick for the story Roland felt he must tell his mates, but if you are a true King fanatic like most you will enjoy the rich detail, wity characters and dialect, and the bits and pieces of Roland and his Ka-tet's future, a must read.
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Summary: At first, I was totally apalled, but it was worth it!
Review: Let's get one thing straight. I only gave the book four stars because of the confusion at the beggining. When Roland started to tell the infamous Romeo and Juliet story, the names were different, the ka-tet was in a completely different place, and everything changed. At first I was severly dissapointed. The Dark Tower saga had everything going for itself, and then this?! But beneath the surface lied an even better story than the whole series itself. The books hommage to the Wizard of Oz was different, but still enjoyable. Ultimately, it was better than all it's previous "Tower" books. Not exactly non- stop action, but close enough to it to turn you into a King fan right after chapter one. Like all other good King books, not scary, but emotional and "deep."
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Summary: Not bad, but ...
Review: Honestly, when I first started this book I half-thought that he'd had some ghost writer working for him. If you're a fan of the series you're going to have to buy it, no matter what, but after the masterpiece of "The Wastelands" I was sorely disappointed by the quality of the writing in "Wizard and Glass". The characters seemed forced, the story manufactured, plot threads developed in "Wastelands" were chopped suddenly short in this one without much rhyme or reason.The whole bit between Roland and Susan was nice, and believable, but not really up to the King standard of his best novels. Throughout the book you got the feeling he was writing for the sake of satisfying the clamor of his fans for the next Dark Tower book and not for the sake of his own muse. Like I said, buy it, read it, but hope for better in the next one.
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Summary: Long... so, so long
Review: This is a good book. I mean it. But man, this dude can't bring himself to edit. I don't often feel like King's books are too long, but that's because he usually keeps me on my toes by having a lot of stuff happen. This time, nothing happens. Then, nothing happens some more. Seriously: there's about 300 pages in here where the only part of the plot that's actually moving is King's chronicling of a teenage crush. Now, I'm all for teenage crushes, and I don't expect King to be another Stendahl or whatever, but man, they do get old if you read about them enough.
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Summary: Will it EVER end?
Review: Like most fans of the DT series, I ached for this book's arrrival, plunged in, drove through, finished, and found myself screaming for an end. We are no closer to the Dark Tower now than when Roland first began. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the series, but the anticipation is killing me!! I yern for completion, however, I do not wish for this captivating tale to ever end. I am torn.
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Summary: Gripping, he could only have written it this way!
Review: King really captured the sensitivity behind Roland who seemed to remain unbreakable for so long. I cried some times and got really pi**ed off at other times. What I found most amazing was his suttle reference to "other stories" when he mentioned the lady in Nebraska and Flagg. The Wizard of Oz trip was especially enthralling. It makes me wonder how far King will bring his readers into Rolands world and the world where his other stories come from. I may never want to leave!
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Summary: It was GREAT but was it worth the WAIT?!?!?!
Review: I found the book captivating! Like so many others who have read the Dark Tower series, I have literally been waiting for years to read the next chapter in Roland's adventures. I am a tremendous admirer of Stephen King's style of writing. There is no one else who has kept me as a loyal fan for so long, but let me tell you, waiting for this book was a trial in itself!! Especially after how The Waste Lands was left off! All I have to say is that Steve, if you're reading this, i have a feeling that if you leave me hanging for so long again I'll have to take up the Dark Tower saga which would be pretty pathetic. Yes, I understand that you can't just write, that it has to come to you. We're all waiting for you to remember Roland, Stevie.
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Summary: GOOD READ: A REAL PAGE TURNER!!!
Review: Although it is over 800 pages, this book was a quick read. I could not put it down. It is the best of the "Dark Tower" series that King has written yet.
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Summary: The world has moved on.....
Review: Stephen King DT series keeps me enthralled even when I'm not reading them! Mr.King I hope the next one to die in the story isn't who I think it is. For some reason I seem to know whats going to happen in the next book.
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Summary: Welcome Back, Mr. King!
Review: Where have you been, Mr.King? Certainly the man who wrote this novel is not the same who trudged out Rose Madder, Insomnia, Desperation, The Regulators, what about Gerald's Game? This can't be the same guy. Anyway, this book kicks compared to his recent--what is it twelve books?--efforts. (Was Needful Things his last HONEST book?) The story flows. Sucks you in. It was just like the old days for the past-living-junkies like myself who remember 'Salems Lot. This book should have been titled RETURN OF THE KING because that's exactly what it is. It's one of these rare gems that reimburses me for all the sh*t I've bought off this man in the past ten years disguised as fiction. Here's some things you need to know: The story is about Roland and his first love, Susan Delgado. It takes place pretty much after his kills Cort with his hawk and is exiled with his friends for his own safety. It is exciting and enveloping, like good King should be. The details are there, the flow is rushing. If you like vintage King, this feels like coming home. A lot of little side adventures try to distract you from the present course, however, so just ignore them. King kicks out a little psuedo-psychotica Wizard Of Oz homage and I don't know why, perhaps for the effects. Randy Flagg is the threatening, Pennywise-like shadow looming in the distance, with little notes and such. Ignore these things and get to the meat of the story. Know this, the Dark Tower is not closer, not by a long shot, and I'm not sure that Steve knows how to get there anymore, but, it's still a good story anyway, right? It is the tale, not he who tells it, and King has whipped up a damn good yarn. END
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