Katherine Guay Guay itibaren Texas
I gave this book 4 hearts, but I have to admit that it took me 38 days to read - including about a 2 week stint where I barely touched it. (This review does contain spoilers for the previous 3 books in the series! So you have been warned!) My review for The Drawing of the Three (book 2). The fourth book of seven in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, we start out exactly where The Wastelands left off with it's exciting cliffhanger - with Roland and his Ka-Tet racing toward their death with Blane the Train. I have to say, I really loved the way that Mr. King used the train as a character. Another prime example of technology getting the best of us. We quickly find the main characters in Kansas, in another "Where and When" that we've not yet experienced - just after the Plague (from my favorite -- The Stand!) although many little differences show us that it's not the same where and when - I have to give Stephen King a huge "Thumbs Up" for how well he wove these stories together yet kept them separate! (Although I was looking for Stuart Redman!) Before you know it, you're sitting in front of a campfire and deeply entranced in a flashback to Roland's youth and the beautiful Susan - who was mentioned in a conversation with Sheb the Pianoman way back in book #1. This is where the book really started to drag for me, the first WEEKS in Mejis were just filler for me - and I understand the necessity of the plot building but it didn't keep my attention. That said? Stephen King wrote a wonderful love story - one that had me very emotionally involved with the characters of Rolands youth. I give Wizard and Glass 4 hearts, and plan on reading the next book in the near future. (And anxiously awaiting the release of book 4.5 in the series - due out next year!!)
I didn't like this one as much as the first, it got a little long in the middle. Still, it was a fun read.