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A review by sarah1984
The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King
4.0
I actually read this as part of Everything's Eventual, but GR has limitations surrounding reading short story collections, so I've recorded the reading under this edition.
After only two pages it's had already become clear that this cannot be read as a standalone (despite what King tries to tell us in the introduction) and is misplaced as #0.5 in the series. If I hadn't already known Roland and some of his story (I'm up to to THAT part of Wizard & Glass) I think I would've been so confused stopping might've seemed like a good idea.
Because I did know something about Roland I really enjoyed this. I'm pretty surprised seeing as how many of my buddy reading buddies (I'm part of [a:Edward Lorn|5751572|Edward Lorn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1492199516p2/5751572.jpg]'s Dark Tower series buddy read) either didn't enjoy it or hated it.
I liked the different take on vampires and didn't guess the full secret of the doctor bugs till it was revealed in the story and then it was a little sad. When I read the entire Everything's Eventual collection (which will be at some point after I finish the rest of The Dark Tower series) I will definitely be rereading this with added interest to see how my perception of it changes with my new knowledge of the entire story.
After only two pages it's had already become clear that this cannot be read as a standalone (despite what King tries to tell us in the introduction) and is misplaced as #0.5 in the series. If I hadn't already known Roland and some of his story (I'm up to to THAT part of Wizard & Glass) I think I would've been so confused stopping might've seemed like a good idea.
Because I did know something about Roland I really enjoyed this. I'm pretty surprised seeing as how many of my buddy reading buddies (I'm part of [a:Edward Lorn|5751572|Edward Lorn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1492199516p2/5751572.jpg]'s Dark Tower series buddy read) either didn't enjoy it or hated it.
I liked the different take on vampires and didn't guess the full secret of the doctor bugs till it was revealed in the story and then it was a little sad. When I read the entire Everything's Eventual collection (which will be at some point after I finish the rest of The Dark Tower series) I will definitely be rereading this with added interest to see how my perception of it changes with my new knowledge of the entire story.