A review by jennengelbrecht
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

5.0

Wowzers. This is one of the longest books I have EVER read. Yes, it is almost exactly like the Stand, but it is ABSOLUTELY still worth a read. For starters, the ending is way better. Sorry, the Stand is literally one of my top three favorite books of all time but the ending sucks. But yall this book is DARK. Like, I thought the Stand was dark. But I am legit laughing at Past Jenn. The Stand was a still thru Disney. Swan Song is a fucking nightmare. People are the absolute worst and he absolutely nails how they will one hundred percent be carrying on as soon as the bombs drop. I hope I’m either vaporized immediately or by some slim chance I end up with Sister or Josh. And fun fact- Josh played football for Auburn!!! Isn’t that wild?!?!
I still can’t get over how good this was. Yes, it’s so dark. SO. DARK. The Roland stuff was almost too brutal for me, and I really REALLY hated that his name was Roland, especially with the TS Elliot poem. Was this dude like just straight trolling King?!?! I mean I get that he basically HAD to use that poem, but he didn’t have to use the Gunslinger’s name. Dude’s got balls, I guess.
The characters were soooo good. I cried multiple times. I loved it. Highly highly recommend, but only if this is your jam. Bc it’s brutal. This is not some Mother Abigail singing around a campfire giving everyone the warm fuzzies story. But there IS hope. And magic