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Loading... Song Of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) (edition 2005)by Stephen King; Darrel Anderson
Work detailsSong Of Susannah by Stephen King
None.  breakofdawn | Jun 11, 2013 |  Great (  ) Velcrosky | May 12, 2013 | Ahhh the Dark Tower series how close I am to finishing it and how I will miss it so once I've finished the series. Book six takes us with Susannah/Mia disappearing through the door and Eddie/Roland/Jake and Callahan going through the doors as well to get more answers and to find her. Meanwhile, Susannah continously struggles with Mia as well as the "chap" waiting to be born. For the rest of the review, visit my book blog at: http://angelofmine1974.livejournal.com/56796.html (  ) booklover3258 | Apr 21, 2013 | I liked this book best out of the last 3 books of the series. (  ) Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 | Definitely not his best work--I'm not a huge Susannah fan so that probably didn't help. The fact that Stephen King is writing himself into this story makes me afraid for how he is going to wrap this up. With his track record of building up a book and having a terrible ending (say, Under the Dome, most recently?), I am not going to hold my breath that I am going to enjoy book #7. walterqchocobo | Apr 8, 2013 |
 Reading "Song of Susannah," the penultimate novel in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, is rather like taking on the third leg of a triathlon. It's no coincidence that Stephen King began the final sprint of his marathon "Dark Tower" epic shortly after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. What's now clear -- and certainly wasn't when some of us read "The Gunslinger," the first story in the sequence, more than 25 years ago -- is that this saga is more than just an unlikely mishmash of spaghetti Western, Arthurian high fantasy and post-apocalyptic sci-fi.  Reviewing the fifth volume of Stephen King's Dark Tower sequence, Wolves of the Calla, for this paper I suggested that this probably wasn't the best place for new readers to begin. Volume Six, Song of Susannah, however, almost works as a stand-alone novel, and is highly recommended for readers who enjoy the more metafictional side of King's oeuvre, and especially those who have been waiting for something along the lines of his greatest novel to date, Hearts in Atlantis. Has as a concordance
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(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:49:13 -0400)
Stephen King The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah with 10 illustrations by Darrel Anderson The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is at once a book of revelation, a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower, and a fast-paced story of double-barreled suspense. To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen to transport to New York City in the summer of 1999. The city is strange to Susannah ... and terrifying to the "daughter of none," who shares her body and mind. Saving the Tower depends not only on rescuing Susannah but also on securing the vacant lot Calvin Tower owns before he loses it to the Sombra Corporation. Enlisting the aid of Manni senders, the remaining katet climbs to the Doorway Cave ... and discovers that magic has its own mind. It falls to the boy, the billy-bumbler, and the fallen priest to find Susannah-Mia, who, in a struggle to cope -- with each other and with an alien environment -- "go todash" to Castle Discordia on the border of End-World. In that forsaken place, Mia reveals her origins, her purpose, and her fierce desire to mother whatever creature the two of them have carried to term. Eddie and Roland, meanwhile, tumble into western Maine in the summer of 1977, a world that should be idyllic but isn't. For one thing, it is real, and the bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'Salem's Lot, a writer who turns out to be as shocked by them as they are by him. These are the simple vectors of a story rich in complexity and conflict. Its dual climaxes, one at the entrance to a deadly dining establishment and the other appended to the pages of a writer's journal, will leave readers gasping for the saga's final volume (which, Dear Reader, follows soon, say thank ya).… (more)
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It was pretty short though, so that was a bonus. The brevity of it was surprising, amidst a sea of Dark Tower bricks. Refreshing even. I see this volume often referred to as a bridge between volumes five and seven, and that's a perfect description.
3.5 stars. On to book seven! The end draws near. (