Saturday, July 3, 2010

Finished: Song of Susannah

Once again, if you haven't read books 1-5 of the Dark Tower Series by Stephen King...don't read this blog post!
The Second Half: The second half went right along with what I was expecting..sort of. There were some intense plot twists within the last chapter which through me off. They didn't save Susannah so I guess we'll find out what happens to her in Book 7. Also the chap wasn't killed, but I was expecting that. Stephen King played as an important character in his own book. Which I think is both genius and completely conceited of him at the same time. Finally, Jake didn't whip out any badass moves :(

Book as a Whole: This wasn't my favorite Dark Tower Book. I doubt any of them will top Wizard and Glass, I just loved that book so much. I was sad King didn't go into more detail about humans really just being characters in someone else's fictional story. Basically I felt that this book was just one chapter dragged out into 400 pages. I don't like Susannah at all so that's definitely a factor as to why I didn't like it. I also severely disliked that Jake and Callahan only made an appearance in 1 of the 13 stanzas. Looking forward to the last book, but also not. Been a little disappointed in these last two Dark Tower books so I'm not too hopeful for Book 7.

What I think "the chap" looks like....
Next Book: The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley

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