 |
|
Title: Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
ISBN: 0140866884
Author:
Stephen King
Publicate Date: 1997-11-01
Publish: 1997-11-01
List Price: $57.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Audio Cassette
 |
|
|
|
|
Amazon Lowest New Price: $30.00
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $12.22
Amazon Merchant Price: $40.57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Customer Review: |
|
1: Great book
Good Book. If you like king you will like this too. Tells the story of Roland.
|
2: WIZARD AND GLASS by Stephen King
Wizard and Glass is the fourth novel in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It picks up precisely where The Waste Lands left off - with the riddling contest with Blaine the mono. This resolution is not completely satisfying, as it borrows noticeably from The Hobbit, down to specific riddles. But it gets the job done. The character then visit King's own The Stand, then The Wizard of Oz. All of this feels somewhat derivative, and the reader gets the feeling that King is just making it up as he goes (which he likes to do).
The bulk of the novel, however, does not focus on these things. Rather, Roland tells a 500+ page story about his youth, a fantasy, post-apocalyptic western story full of teenage sex and hormones. There's some attempt at mystery that doesn't quite work, as there's just too much sitting around, although the action scenes, when they come, are well done. We get more Cuthbert and Alain, and that's a good thing. This story is interesting when it gets going, but it's often slow-paced, and drags at times.
Wizard and Glass does little to advance the overall storyline. Instead, it gives the reader the formative experience of Roland's life. And this is just fine.
RECOMMENDED
|
3: Makes my brain ache.
Wizard and Glass is my favorite book of all time. I've read it three times and my sister gave me the audiobook to listen to at bedtime. I absolutely HATE Frank Muller's narration. The voices he does are so twangy and stupid it totally ruins the book for me. I had to stop listening after the second track.
|
4: Excellent Book!
I have been reading the Dark Tower novels ever since Mr. King released the last three volumes about three to five years ago. I myself am a teacher and have found it hard to find time to read anything. However in the last two years I have made it through more books than usual. Three of those books have been books 4, 5, and (currently about half way through) 6. I have already read the first three books in the series.
I can without a doubt tell you that although this book: Vol. 4: Wizard and Glass is the absolute best volume thus far in the series. It basically tells of the early days of Roland's quest and of his first love Susan Delgado and how he started his quest for the Dark Tower. It is written very similar to an old western novel with elements such in similarity to Lord of the Rings and the Wizard of Oz. The beginning of the book and the end of the book do deal with Roland's new Ka Tet (Eddie, Jake, Susannah, and Oy) but the majority of the book is Roland telling his story. It is my absolute favorite out of the five and a half books in the series that I have read. Definitely a good read.
Having said that if you have not read the other books prior: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1), The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2), and The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3); you probably will not understand the beginning and ending parts of this book.
If you have not read those books you will probably want to either read those or instead of this book read The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel) It tells the same basic story but sticks to Roland's early days.
|
5: Roland's beginnings are revealed
Ok, I am not going to do a rendition, I see this has already been done. This is the 4th book in the Dark Tower series and this was the hardest book of the series for me to read. Most of this book consists of Roland telling his story of becomming a gunslinger to his posse (ka-tet). I found Roland's story time uninteresting, but I do think it is an integral part to the entire Dark Tower series. I do recommend this book if you are going to read the entire series, otherwise its not going to hold your interest. I do not recommend you read these books out of order, this is like 1 big story and you will become lost in Roland's world if you do not go in order.
|
|
|
|
|
