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lezreadalot 's review for:
Song of Susannah
by Stephen King
Another book in the series that I liked, I definitely liked it, but in some ways I don't know how to feel about it. I am pretty fond of the formula in fantasy novels that has the group split apart to achieve separate goals, because it makes reunions sooooo good. So while I was pretty pissed about the whole Susannah-Mio thing, and still am, Roland and Eddie striking out on their own to save their girl made me so happy. Even if it didn't work out that way.
I feel some type of way about certain revelations. I wasn't exactly surprised about the baby being Roland's, it's the kind of twist I figured would come. And honestly in a weird way it makes me happy that there's something else that connects my fave trio for better or ill. But like, things seemed to be going in a way that suggests that Roland sees Susannah as a sister/daughter rather than a peer??? LOL. If you wanted me to swallow that it should have been part of that relationship before the sixth book.
God, and all the tragedy/pain porn leaves me cold, I just want Susannah to get OUT of this shitty situation and fast. Mia too, to some extent. I don't care about that happens to the demon baby; I don't think I'm supposed to. But Susannah's been through ENOUGH, this is getting silly now. Also, I almost went wild with anger near the end of the book, where Susannah muses that this whole thing is actually her own fault, because she/Odetta was weak enough to let Mia in in the first place. Like, what the blue fuck. LMAO. There's assuming responsibility, and then there's whatever the hell that was. None of this is even remotely Susannah or Odetta's fault.
Jesus, just let her and Eddie have a happy ending. Please.
What else... the Stephen King as a literal character bits made me laugh. It wasn't as cringe-worthy as I thought it would be. The format of the book felt a little gimmicky tbh, with the whole song thing. And the fact that it was such a short book... like, I don't think it was a BAD thing, it just felt weird, in terms of pacing. Jake's whole bit with pulling the gun on the taxi driver was ridiculous; of course he loves Oy a lot, but it was overkill and it felt forced and really stupid.
Anyway, almost done with this series, and I don't regret picking it up. Unless Susannah dies or some shit, then I'll steal all of Stephen King's shoes and follow him around for the rest of his life, dropping legos in his path.
I feel some type of way about certain revelations. I wasn't exactly surprised about the baby being Roland's, it's the kind of twist I figured would come. And honestly in a weird way it makes me happy that there's something else that connects my fave trio for better or ill. But like, things seemed to be going in a way that suggests that Roland sees Susannah as a sister/daughter rather than a peer??? LOL. If you wanted me to swallow that it should have been part of that relationship before the sixth book.
God, and all the tragedy/pain porn leaves me cold, I just want Susannah to get OUT of this shitty situation and fast. Mia too, to some extent. I don't care about that happens to the demon baby; I don't think I'm supposed to. But Susannah's been through ENOUGH, this is getting silly now. Also, I almost went wild with anger near the end of the book, where Susannah muses that this whole thing is actually her own fault, because she/Odetta was weak enough to let Mia in in the first place. Like, what the blue fuck. LMAO. There's assuming responsibility, and then there's whatever the hell that was. None of this is even remotely Susannah or Odetta's fault.
Jesus, just let her and Eddie have a happy ending. Please.
What else... the Stephen King as a literal character bits made me laugh. It wasn't as cringe-worthy as I thought it would be. The format of the book felt a little gimmicky tbh, with the whole song thing. And the fact that it was such a short book... like, I don't think it was a BAD thing, it just felt weird, in terms of pacing. Jake's whole bit with pulling the gun on the taxi driver was ridiculous; of course he loves Oy a lot, but it was overkill and it felt forced and really stupid.
Anyway, almost done with this series, and I don't regret picking it up. Unless Susannah dies or some shit, then I'll steal all of Stephen King's shoes and follow him around for the rest of his life, dropping legos in his path.