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Summary: Great book!
Review: I'd just like to say that I've read all of the Dark Tower books (took me 4 days) and I think that they're the best stuff King ever wrote. They call to mind "The Eyes of the Dragon" more than anything else, and are certainly a far cry from any of his other works (I've read those too). If anyone is considering reading this series, do so immediately if not sooner.
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Summary: You can't put this one down. Edge of seat book
Review: This book gives you more insight into the mind of Roland. I found myself crying and laughing with Roland. Of all the 4 books, you must read this one to see the human side of the gunslinger. I loved it. The Dark Tower series are the best books that King has wrote and this one is the best of the 4.
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Summary: Don't believe everything you read
Review: I always find it fascinating how, when a work of fiction comes out, there are people who want to tear it down. Sure, I can understand how people may take issues with this book. But to give it one star is to show a lack of understanding and comprehension of what it takes to tell a story. This chapter of the now-legendary Dark Tower series provides us with a NECESSARY background to the main character in the story. If you've never cared for character development, then this book is not for you. If you do care about what kind of circumstances are necessary to make a man as hardened as Roland is, then read on! King takes us through the childhood trials of Roland, and shows us how events can make even the most innocent of souls into hardened killers. This story is my favorite of the Dark Tower series thus far, and one of my favorite books of the last five years.
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Summary: Just simply addiction.
Review: I can honestly say that I've never read a story that captivates me the way the Dark Tower series does. I find myself coming back to reread it again and again... This latest installment was a masterpiece of emotion. In the telling of a section of Roland's past, King not only keeps the macabre style that is his alone, but also tells a wonderfully archaic love story. His characters are so real that sometimes I have to remind myself that they're not. Please keep the books coming, Mr. King. I anxiously await the fifth.
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Summary: A continuation of the best of King since The Stand
Review: This book opens up the world of Roland and the dark tower and only makes us want MORE! This series ties fantasy, science fiction and man's search for meaning in life and the universe (ka). King has again proven that he is more than a horror writer; he can make his readers think.(I also like his little trick of making references to his other works, via the trip into the "thinny").
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Summary: Typical 1990s King
Review: Mr. King, regretfully has become a better actor than author. His first works were wonderful detailed stories. Now his works are suitable for the funny papers or soap operas. On and on and on and on ad nauseatum
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Summary: The addictive factor of Stephen King
Review: I had never really been a big Stephen King reader. The few things I had read by him were two short stories and The Stand. Then I got The Darktower series for Christmas and finally picked them up this summer and couldn't put them down. These novels are rich in imagery and symbolism. King paints great word pictures and none are wasted. Few other series' have been near as well written as this series. The only I can think of are Dan Simmons' Hyperion series and JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings series. Read it and be prepared to be full of awe and wonder. King draws you in and makes you wait with bated breath for the next page.
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Summary: The BEST book, PLEASE DON"T MAKE US WAIT MR.KING
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. I love the fact it has to do with "Ka" and the way time is. Any one who likes Sci-fi would enjoy this book. I hope the next books come out soon!! I wonder if Roland will ever reach his tower.
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Summary: Excellent continuation and background of his other three boo
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Although I am anxious about getting on with the story- as I feel we are just hanging there, we must respect Mr. King's work. He told us that taking up the tale of Roland has never been easy. I just hope that he will finish it soon!!!
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Summary: Wizard & Glass is necessary background for Roland
Review: After a very long wait I bought this book hoping it would move the story along from the end of DT3. Wastelands and Drawing of the 3 were so good that I believed this series could be King's best work ever, and I still do despite this book being a bit long-winded. W&G does not move the story along very far for being 700 pages but it does tell us more about Roland that could be important later. If you are a fan of the Dark Tower series you are in this for the long haul. There will probably be 3 or 4 more books to come and we all hope we will not have to wait so long for the next. I did not find W&G to be a page turner but I did not think it was ever dull. I had to chip away at it over several weeks to finally finish. I thought King did a good job overall and I did like the corny Wizard of Oz part. There are some very good action scenes at the end where we see how the 3 young gunslingers are real badasses. We also get an understanding of the source of Roland's pain from losing Susan and the incident with his mother. If you look at this book as bridge to the next in the series and not as a stand alone book it is pretty good. I get the feeling that King did not know where he was going with this story at the end of Wastelands but he knew he had started something great. He did not want to spoil it by taking the story in the wrong direction so he fell back on Roland's past to buy himself time figure out a plot worthy of the first 3 books. That is probably why this book was so long in the coming and why he wrote so much mediocre stuff in the interrim, he knows this is his master work and he wants it to be great. I think we are in for a treat when King finishes the fifth book and I don't think we will have to wait 5 more years. The next book may be the best yet (he has certainly had time to think about where he is going with this epic tale) now that we know Roland and his past so much better. From reading all of these reviews it is apparent that this series has a strong, almost cult-like following. I hope that King is aware that his fans are really more interested in the next books in this series than we are in anything else he could be working on no matter how good they may be.
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