This is an installment of Stephen King's long awaited Dark Tower series. It is VI. A page-turner if you're into mystical horror.
Very good, I can't wait to read the last one.
if you liked the previous ones, you will enjoy this one.
When Susannah Dean is transported via a magic door on the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis to New York City in the summer of 1999, the "demon-mother" who possesses her, Mia, has only one thing on her mind. She must give birth to her "chap" at a predetermined location in Manhattan's East 60s, as instructed by the henchmen-or "Low Men"-of the evil Crimson King. Pressed for time, Father Callahan, preteen Jake and talking pet "billy-bumbler" Oy follow Susannah and Mia's trail in an effort to prevent an act that would quicken the destruction of the Dark Tower and, in turn, of all worlds. Meanwhile, gunslingers Roland and Eddie travel to 1977 Maine in search of bookstore owner Calvin Tower, who is being hunted down by mobster Enrico Balazar and his gang, who first appeared in Eddie's version of New York in The Drawing of the Three Avid readers of the series will either be completely enthralled or extremely irritated when, in a gutsy move, the author weaves his own character into this unpredictable saga, but either way there's no denying the ingenuity with which King paints a candid picture of himself.
Kathy M. (toomanydogsblue) reviewed Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Bk 6) on + 7 more book reviews
Love Stephan King. This is the 6th book of The Dark Tower series. Good reading.
Here the ka-tet faces three challenges; keep the chap from the Crimson King, save Susannah, and get Tower to sell the vacant lot to them. Eddie and Roland head to Maine to find Tower, and Jake, Pere, and Oy pursue Susannah to NYC.
I enjoyed reading this book in spite of thinking I shouldn't. I really enjoyed the song aspect of the book with each chapter ending with a stanza of the commala song, and I also enjoyed the development of Susannah's character, something I've been waiting for ever since she was introduced in the second book. The action sequences were also tightly written and give just the right amount of chills.
On the other hand, I knew I shouldn't like the book because of the whole part where King writes himself in as a character, and not just any character, the Crimson King's polar opposite. Everything he writes is vitally important to the quest!! How egotistical is that?! Also it made it much more difficult to suspend my disbelief and believe these worlds actually exist. It's one thing to let yourself get lost in the idea of parallel worlds; it's another to believe, even for a moment, that some writer in Maine who you *know* is a real person is important to the activity in them. What possessed King to do that?
Still, I scampered over the bits with King in them quite quickly and got back to the beloved ka-tet. I think I've grown so attached to them that that attachment gets me through the rough patches of the books.
In the end, I think it's a worthy entrance in the series that moves the characters forward and moves us ever closer to the Dark Tower. Just don't say I didn't warn you about the King parts.
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I enjoyed reading this book in spite of thinking I shouldn't. I really enjoyed the song aspect of the book with each chapter ending with a stanza of the commala song, and I also enjoyed the development of Susannah's character, something I've been waiting for ever since she was introduced in the second book. The action sequences were also tightly written and give just the right amount of chills.
On the other hand, I knew I shouldn't like the book because of the whole part where King writes himself in as a character, and not just any character, the Crimson King's polar opposite. Everything he writes is vitally important to the quest!! How egotistical is that?! Also it made it much more difficult to suspend my disbelief and believe these worlds actually exist. It's one thing to let yourself get lost in the idea of parallel worlds; it's another to believe, even for a moment, that some writer in Maine who you *know* is a real person is important to the activity in them. What possessed King to do that?
Still, I scampered over the bits with King in them quite quickly and got back to the beloved ka-tet. I think I've grown so attached to them that that attachment gets me through the rough patches of the books.
In the end, I think it's a worthy entrance in the series that moves the characters forward and moves us ever closer to the Dark Tower. Just don't say I didn't warn you about the King parts.
Check out my full review
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