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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
This is the Stephen King book that's taken me the longest to get through in my SK journey so far. That's not to say it's the worst I've read so far, far from it, it's just... long. It's unusual for a King book in some ways (putting aside the fact that it's also a Peter Straub book, and I honestly know very little of how much work either of them put into this); it focuses on relatively few characters with very few PoV changes, it's a brand of fantasy that somewhat cares about magical "mechanics" in a way that I don't associate with King's fantasy efforts so far, there's very little in it that dates it in terms of political or historical events being referenced, and the family drama that fuels it doesn't center so much on the like, vices of middle-low class, instead going for kind of classic archetypical courtly "betrayal" drama, even more so than something like Eyes of the Dragon, which had a bunch of alcoholism and domestic violence in it. That said, there's some classic King in there like the magical negro (he's back!), the rational character going through a denial phase, some of the episodes I can see reflected in stuff from The Stand, and... yeah, that's all I got. It's alright, it lacks some of the King spice but I didn't hate it.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Me gustó la historia y cómo va narrando todo el recorrido de Jack por estos mundos... es la historia de búsqueda, del bien y del mal... pero con un enfoque diferente...
Se me hizo un poco largo y tal vez pudieron quitar algunas cosas descriptivas.
Pero en general, me gustó mucho! Me atrapó la lectura como a la mitad del libro y ya no pude parar!
Se me hizo un poco largo y tal vez pudieron quitar algunas cosas descriptivas.
Pero en general, me gustó mucho! Me atrapó la lectura como a la mitad del libro y ya no pude parar!
Slightly slow start, enticing middle that had me thoroughly hooked, an approach to the end that I wasn't a huge fan of, and a fine, if a bit predictable, finish.
3.5 / 5 stars
3.5 / 5 stars
adventurous
medium-paced
A 12 year old boy sets off across America, flipping between contemporary America and a parallel medieval America called "The Territories". The writing is seamless, I couldn't tell when Stephen King was writing and when Peter Straub was writing, they are both masters of the craft.
Great coming of age story for Jack. I loved the Dark Tower vibes it gave off going back and forth between home and the territories.