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A review by silquesoleil
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
2.0
Well, that certainly was a sausage fest.
I know that Stephen King is not one of those authors who write novels with a purpose other than that they want to tell a story, so it would be wrong to say that the purpose of this novel was to understand Roland Deschain better. Still, that's what all stories aim for, right?
For me, the novel did not fulfill that purpose at all. Mainly because I didn't give a shit about the stories Roland told, especially the one at the center. Female characters were scarce and mainly used as tools; hell, I didn't even get the feeling that Tim really cares about his mother. Too much telling, no showing.
I wonder if Stephen King got more sexist or if he's just always been that way and I simply did not realize it. In this novel, it is all about boys. There is even a moment in which Tim flees the house because he cannot stand the presence of so many women.* That sums up the entire novel pretty well.
*only two of them who were fairly relevant enough to get proper names, mind you
I know that Stephen King is not one of those authors who write novels with a purpose other than that they want to tell a story, so it would be wrong to say that the purpose of this novel was to understand Roland Deschain better. Still, that's what all stories aim for, right?
For me, the novel did not fulfill that purpose at all. Mainly because I didn't give a shit about the stories Roland told, especially the one at the center. Female characters were scarce and mainly used as tools; hell, I didn't even get the feeling that Tim really cares about his mother. Too much telling, no showing.
I wonder if Stephen King got more sexist or if he's just always been that way and I simply did not realize it. In this novel, it is all about boys. There is even a moment in which Tim flees the house because he cannot stand the presence of so many women.* That sums up the entire novel pretty well.
*only two of them who were fairly relevant enough to get proper names, mind you