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A review by revisins
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
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.
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.