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Wizard and Glass
by Stephen King
I honestly have no idea where to even begin with my review for The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass. No amount of words will seem to convey how I really feel about it. I went into reading it after months and months away from the ka-tet paired with a LOT of mixed reviews on it. It seems people either loved it fiercely or hated it. But now that I have read it, my question is, “How the hell could anyone hate this or think it’s boring?” How can people not think it’s better than spending half a book on a crazy psychopath train answering riddles? Alas, I loved it and do not care if anyone else doesn’t. It gave me MULTIPLE KA-GASMS and I am not ashamed. My mind will not be changed! The rest of this review may contain spoilers, so if you have not read it and plan to, here is your warning to go ahead and stop! *****SPOILERS BELOW STOP NOW BEWARE*****
To summarize briefly, this book is about Roland and the rest of the ka-tet (Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy) after they have escaped from Blane the Monorail and landed in Topeka, Kansas in the 1980s (the fascinating thing to me here is that it’s the same where and when for The Stand and the Captain Trips pandemic is in full motion here! I have not read The Stand yet but I was definitely able to understand. AND there are mentions of Abagail later on, too!) As night approaches, Roland decides it is time to tell a story. This story is back when he was around fourteen years old and it is all about his long-lost love, the quixotic young woman named Susan Delgado.
Susan. SUSAN SUSAN SUSAN! While they were both basically teenagers and their love was a whirlwind of passion, I totally understand how Roland could fall in love with her so fiercely and quickly. Ka is the wind. She is quoted once as telling Roland, “If anything happens to thee, Roland, I won’t be able to do anything. Except die.” TOTES PASSION. The story starts with her in a precarious situation, where she is to be the gilly of the Mayor (which is basically just saying he’s gonna plant his seed in her so much it will be oozing out of her earholes) and she is living with her unbearable aunt (think of Cinderella and the terrible stepsisters and stepmother combined into one basically), and she is just in a really bad place. Yet she is determined to sass her way out of this and be the person she wants to be and the person she knows her father would want her to be, too. SHE has not forgotten the face of her father! She straight up tells her B of aunt, Cordelia, “Go on. Cut my face open on the other side, if ye like. Will that change how ye sleep tonight with no man to warm the other side of the bed?” Ruthless and SAVAGE! Of course then when her aunt leads a revolt to burn her alive at the stake I basically melted into a catatonic puddle of tears, spit, and despair. Oh, Roland… my heart breaks for you!
Then we get into a lot of Wizard of Oz nostalgia and some good time after they continue their journey once Roland is done telling his story. And that’s about that! I loved how ghastly the witch Rhea of Coos (she makes me think of a hagraven or something) is. I love everything about Maerlyn’s Rainbow and the glass ball. Just a fantastic story with all kinds of magical realism and I NEED MORE. I AM NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE, ROLAND. KA BE DAMNED, LET ME HAVE MY CLOSURE!
Clearly 5 stars out of 5!!!
To summarize briefly, this book is about Roland and the rest of the ka-tet (Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy) after they have escaped from Blane the Monorail and landed in Topeka, Kansas in the 1980s (the fascinating thing to me here is that it’s the same where and when for The Stand and the Captain Trips pandemic is in full motion here! I have not read The Stand yet but I was definitely able to understand. AND there are mentions of Abagail later on, too!) As night approaches, Roland decides it is time to tell a story. This story is back when he was around fourteen years old and it is all about his long-lost love, the quixotic young woman named Susan Delgado.
Susan. SUSAN SUSAN SUSAN! While they were both basically teenagers and their love was a whirlwind of passion, I totally understand how Roland could fall in love with her so fiercely and quickly. Ka is the wind. She is quoted once as telling Roland, “If anything happens to thee, Roland, I won’t be able to do anything. Except die.” TOTES PASSION. The story starts with her in a precarious situation, where she is to be the gilly of the Mayor (which is basically just saying he’s gonna plant his seed in her so much it will be oozing out of her earholes) and she is living with her unbearable aunt (think of Cinderella and the terrible stepsisters and stepmother combined into one basically), and she is just in a really bad place. Yet she is determined to sass her way out of this and be the person she wants to be and the person she knows her father would want her to be, too. SHE has not forgotten the face of her father! She straight up tells her B of aunt, Cordelia, “Go on. Cut my face open on the other side, if ye like. Will that change how ye sleep tonight with no man to warm the other side of the bed?” Ruthless and SAVAGE! Of course then when her aunt leads a revolt to burn her alive at the stake I basically melted into a catatonic puddle of tears, spit, and despair. Oh, Roland… my heart breaks for you!
Then we get into a lot of Wizard of Oz nostalgia and some good time after they continue their journey once Roland is done telling his story. And that’s about that! I loved how ghastly the witch Rhea of Coos (she makes me think of a hagraven or something) is. I love everything about Maerlyn’s Rainbow and the glass ball. Just a fantastic story with all kinds of magical realism and I NEED MORE. I AM NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE, ROLAND. KA BE DAMNED, LET ME HAVE MY CLOSURE!
Clearly 5 stars out of 5!!!