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Wizard and Glass
by Stephen King
Re-read: 15.04.2020
Here we are: the volume that made my Dark Tower journey come to a screeching halt last time around. Partly because other stories started to interest me more, partly because Wizard and Glass tired me out. It's not bad per se, and I understand why a diversion to Roland's past is beneficial for character development, but why did it have to be so damn long? It breaks the flow of the series, and I just couldn't bring myself to care about teen love. All the things I did care about were in the beginning: the battle of wits with Blaine the Mono and the chilling peek into the events of The Stand.
"Little Sisters of Eluria" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
Another flashback to Roland's past (chronologically, this leg of the journey happens after the events of Meiji), but because it's a short story and has an interesting plot, I could breathe a deep sigh of relief. I had read this before and the sisters were still as eerie as ever creeping around. More straightforward horror than the series.
Here we are: the volume that made my Dark Tower journey come to a screeching halt last time around. Partly because other stories started to interest me more, partly because Wizard and Glass tired me out. It's not bad per se, and I understand why a diversion to Roland's past is beneficial for character development, but why did it have to be so damn long? It breaks the flow of the series, and I just couldn't bring myself to care about teen love. All the things I did care about were in the beginning: the battle of wits with Blaine the Mono and the chilling peek into the events of The Stand.
"Little Sisters of Eluria" from Everything's Eventual (2002)
Another flashback to Roland's past (chronologically, this leg of the journey happens after the events of Meiji), but because it's a short story and has an interesting plot, I could breathe a deep sigh of relief. I had read this before and the sisters were still as eerie as ever creeping around. More straightforward horror than the series.