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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A bottle episode within the dark tower, a reprieve that builds pressure to the climax of this fantastical 7 book series.
I have a few books to read in this 'series' before the final entry, and I'm hoping to take my time so that I can really savor it.
This was fine, it wasn't exactly my favorite entry but it wasn't as boring as the Wolves of the Calla.
I have a few books to read in this 'series' before the final entry, and I'm hoping to take my time so that I can really savor it.
This was fine, it wasn't exactly my favorite entry but it wasn't as boring as the Wolves of the Calla.
“How long before everything ended? And how would it end? Would they hear the vast rumble of those enormous slate colored stones as they fell? Would the sky tear open like a flimsy piece of cloth, spilling out the monstrosities that lived in the todash darkness? Would there be time to cry out? Would there be an afterlife, or would even Heaven and Hell be obliterated by the fall of the Dark Tower?”
3.5 stars rated relative to the other books in the series
I agree with other reviewers that this is probably the weakest book of the series, but that isn't saying much considering the incredibly high standard we are talking about. No, there isn't a ton of action; yes, there is a lot of internal mono/dialogue. That doesn't ultimately matter though because King still conjures that ineffable substance that makes anything he writes worth reading. Like the previous books in the series, Song of Susannah gets to your heart, your hopes, and your dreams for our band of travellers both cursed and blessed.
In the Land of Memory, the time is always Now.
In the Kingdom of Ago, the clocks tick . .. but their hands never move.
There is an Unfound Door
(O lost)
and memory is the key which opens it.
I agree with other reviewers that this is probably the weakest book of the series, but that isn't saying much considering the incredibly high standard we are talking about. No, there isn't a ton of action; yes, there is a lot of internal mono/dialogue. That doesn't ultimately matter though because King still conjures that ineffable substance that makes anything he writes worth reading. Like the previous books in the series, Song of Susannah gets to your heart, your hopes, and your dreams for our band of travellers both cursed and blessed.
In the Land of Memory, the time is always Now.
In the Kingdom of Ago, the clocks tick . .. but their hands never move.
There is an Unfound Door
(O lost)
and memory is the key which opens it.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The ka-tet is split up. This book feels like when a table-top RPG party splits up and then the Game Master has to hold separate sessions with each sub-group between the main game nights. It's a testament to King's writing that while the book is very much a bridge between bigger, group focused stories, "Song of Susannah" feels like a book and not a collection of individual short stories.
This book really picked up in the last 200 pages, but I found the first half of the book tough. The head-hopping between Mia and Susannah was tough to stay engaged with. The twisting of reality at the end is amusing for sure.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Serviceable segue to the end (?) of TDT, but really could have done without the ego masturbation with SK injecting himself into the story.
I liked this one a lot!
There was definitely some issues with the pacing but here's why I liked it :
- We have the story of a strong woman (or women we could say) fighting.
- There's a lot of breaking the fourth wall, which never gets old for me.
- Also lots (lots!) of Stephen King love (mention of his work, crossover elements, etc)
Finally, there's a bit of a style change (like every other book in this series tbh). Magic was more present in this one and so was horror with a few very gory elements. The book ends on a climax (even though I think it would have made more sense to wrap this part of the plot in this tome since now there's only the finale left). And the epilogue was fun and ALSO ended on a kind of cliffhanger.
I liked this 6th tome a lot because I felt like it finally delivered on a lot of elements (high stakes, magic, horror) that I've been waiting on since the beginning of the journey
There was definitely some issues with the pacing but here's why I liked it :
- We have the story of a strong woman (or women we could say) fighting.
- There's a lot of breaking the fourth wall, which never gets old for me.
- Also lots (lots!) of Stephen King love (mention of his work, crossover elements, etc)
Finally, there's a bit of a style change (like every other book in this series tbh). Magic was more present in this one and so was horror with a few very gory elements. The book ends on a climax (even though I think it would have made more sense to wrap this part of the plot in this tome since now there's only the finale left). And the epilogue was fun and ALSO ended on a kind of cliffhanger.
I liked this 6th tome a lot because I felt like it finally delivered on a lot of elements (high stakes, magic, horror) that I've been waiting on since the beginning of the journey