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Song of Susannah by Stephen King
4.0

As the title suggests, this book builds up a nice rhythm, like a real song. Just after finishing every chapter/verse, I wanted to read the next one. I think Song of Susannah is up to now the part where King succeeded best to build up the suspense. However, in this part of the story only a few things come to pass and just after finishing the book I asked myself "What happened, actually?"

Though this book is not as straightforward as the first three books and you sometimes may think that King really got insane, I like how the author (or The Tower?) captivates the reader more and more, the closer we're approaching it. Borders between fiction and reality blur in such a great way and I keep asking myself whether King is a genius or a maniac (reading the coda was a bit exhausting...). Anyway, in a way I can totally relate to this story and I just can't stop thinking about it.