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A review by gbweeks
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
4.0
There is a lot going on here, though it's not so clear how it all fits into the bigger picture. We still don't even know what Roland wants or expects to do once he reaches the Dark Tower. Yet this was an entertaining book that tells us a lot about the fortitude of the characters.
Of course, the big deal here is King writing himself into the novel, and not in a minor way. The end surprised me, though that was largely because I thought there was more to come. But I was reading the Kindle version, which makes the true length of the novel tricky to know, so it ended a lot quicker than I expected.
As I do with so many King novels, I have to point out how poorly he deals with race. He tries to show how characters perceive each other in a realistic way, but it really falls into stereotype. The Japanese tourists should never have been included.
Of course, the big deal here is King writing himself into the novel, and not in a minor way. The end surprised me, though that was largely because I thought there was more to come. But I was reading the Kindle version, which makes the true length of the novel tricky to know, so it ended a lot quicker than I expected.
As I do with so many King novels, I have to point out how poorly he deals with race. He tries to show how characters perceive each other in a realistic way, but it really falls into stereotype. The Japanese tourists should never have been included.