Reviews

Wizard and Glass, by Stephen King

cassioaug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

nickfourtimes's review against another edition

4.0

1) ''Lowering his voice to its former conversational#not to say playful#pitch, Cuthbert said: ''If you shoot me, the ball flies and your friend dies, too.'' ''I don't believe that,'' Reynolds said, but he didn't like what he heard in his own voice. It sounded like doubt. ''No man could make a shot like that.'' ''Why don't we let your friend decide?'' Cuthbert raised his voice in a good-humoured hail. ''Hi-ho, there, Mr. Spectacles! Would you like your pal to shoot me?'' ''No!'' Depape's cry was shrill, verging on panic. ''No, Clay! Don't shoot!'' ''So it's a standoff,'' Reynolds said, bemused. And then bemusement changed to horror as he felt the blade of a very large knife slip against his throat. It pressed the tender skin just over his adam's apple. ''No, it's not,'' Alain said softly. ''Put the gun down, my friend, or I'll cut your throat.''
2) ''Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.''

roll_n_read's review against another edition

5.0

I think anyone who reads this far in the series is going to be drawn in by Roland's sheer toughness, but this book is where you really start to love and feel for him. Mostly a western-style fantastical flashback, but in the end closer to.. the tower.

coleton1793's review against another edition

4.0

My least favorite so far, but it's still really good.

pihlen76's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jackwwang's review against another edition

4.0

Best of the dark tower series so far. This is the meaty stuff, the backdrop for Roland that kept readers riveted during the first couple of books, and for the most part it doesn't disappoint. This book tells the tale of Roland's turbulent coming of age, in a time of rapid change in his world. It is an unexpected bildungsroman as an interlude in the epic novel series, and while the obscurity of some of King's dreamscape may border on plain weird, there is enough of the the familiar western feel and frame of reference to keep me interested.

sgunther48's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jcy61's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

4.25

suntoria's review against another edition

3.0

I'm conflicted on this one. On one hand, I was happy to see more of Roland's backstory and read more on Susan, Cuthbert and Alain. On the other hand, in typical King fashion, it just dragged on and on. In these 840 pages very little actually happened.

I'm still going to continue the series, but I'm probably taking another long break after having read this one.

taseenmuhtadi's review against another edition

4.0

Captivating. The younger days of Roland and how his quest for the Dark Tower began, how he came to be the Gunslinger were told in great depth. Who thought Roland could be such a romantic ? We see him become the man we meet in the The Gunslinger and answers a lot of the questions I has about his past from the beginning.