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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
3.5 stars
while decidedly better than #4 this one was still ~200 pages over written and the pacing wasn’t great. the climactic finale made it all worth it though, and it sets up books #6 and #7 in ways that i am quite excited for.
while decidedly better than #4 this one was still ~200 pages over written and the pacing wasn’t great. the climactic finale made it all worth it though, and it sets up books #6 and #7 in ways that i am quite excited for.
The best entry so far. Regardless of the way this series ends, this is my favourite series I've ever read. I am so insanely immersed and invested in this world that I don't want to leave it. The characters, plot, setting, genre-blending fun and just all around weirdness is so incredible. Fucking loved this book and love the series so much. The main characters feel so real, and the level of immersion I feel in this world is so real, to the point that catch phrases and sayings in these books I'm legitimately thinking during my day to day life. I will re-read these books for the rest of my life and I dont re-read books. All this praise and I haven't even finished the series yet.
I believe Stephen King is overrated as all hell, but I want to do my due diligence which is why I persist in reading his stuff. Nothing about this series so far has changed my mind. His characterization of Odetta/ Suzannah is completely without heart, and based on the number of times he mentions her breasts, her hips, and her genitals it seems that's all she brings to the story. One token female for gangbangs, collective lust, and all the things they do with their tits and hips is classic Stephen King. I'm open to having my mind changed, he's so well-spoken of that I'm positive there's something I'm missing about his body of work. But so far all I can see is that he's churned out a lot of product, the bones of which occasionally make for fun films. Seems a happy accident, but I still don't get the amount of attention he gets.
I loved this book! The only thing that brought it down to a4 rather than 5 is that it dragged on a little bit.
I’ve seen some say that the ending battle was too short, but I thought it was perfect.
I love all the literary references popping into the last few books, and I especially love the meta-narrative elements developing.
I’ve seen some say that the ending battle was too short, but I thought it was perfect.
I love all the literary references popping into the last few books, and I especially love the meta-narrative elements developing.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I struggled with Detta/Odetta and when she became Susannah, I preferred her. Detta is back in this book and I can't with her. SK has name-dropped himself. Strange. After four books, there is still no character that I am at all invested in and that's not good for a 7-book fantasy series. I put this down for a few days and felt absolutely no pull to pick it back up, so it's now a book and series DNF.
Definitely not in love with the ending of this one, although I was enamored for those first twenty pages or so. All I have to say is that if Stephen King ends up being the Crimson King, or if he writes himself into the top floor of The Dark Tower, furiously writing the stories of every where and when, I will never pick up another Stephen King book again.
So good, very suspenseful. No one does a plot twist quite like Stephen King.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
This was one of my favorites in the series. I enjoyed the relationships that developed between the Ka-tet and the people of the Calla, and especially liked the addition of Father Callahan to the story. Found this to be one of the faster moving stories of the series, a good follow up to Wizard and Glass