Reviews

The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

shonnyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lysandous's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

tomgenue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

ianacook's review against another edition

2.0

I mean, individually, I would've probably given each of the stories 3–4 stars. But. My man. Stephen. Stop it with the story-within-a-story crap. It was bad enough in book 4. And now you had to top it with a story-within-a-story-within-a-story? It's just tiresome and obnoxious. Just write some short fiction in the same world instead. It'll feel a lot less jarring and contrived if it isn't shoehorned into the broader narrative unnecessarily.

gilliangaskill's review against another edition

3.0

Not a bad book but I guess I just don’t see why it was written… didn’t add very much to the main story of the series. I am reading in book order, not publishing order, so I haven’t finished the series yet. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and say it may make sense later on…

dejnozkova's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

revisins's review against another edition

3.0

Admission: I've not read The Dark Tower series in its entirety. I am reading it in series order. I know that this novel (or really, set of nested novellas) was written after King finished the series. I cannot say for sure that it definitely feels like that. I can say that for the overall plot and momentum of the story arc so far--it feels like a no consequence type of story.

It's a good story, for what it is--a rest stop. A warm tale deep in the heart of a cold night. As I have been away from the series for a few months, it was a good refresher. The structure felt like Wizard and Glass, but with an extra layer.

If you go into this novel with the expectation of plot movement of the larger narrative--it doesn't happen. I didn't have that expectation. I knew that stakes would be non-existent based on the novels publication after the series was completed. If anything, I had the hope that story would give more texture to the Ka-tet overall, not just Roland once more. Perhaps I will get more of that in the remain three books.

The wheel ever turns.

bookishgirl23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

robertasims's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

m4riareads's review against another edition

5.0

Una ternura de libro, lo amé.