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Loading... Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV) (original 1997; edition 1997)by Stephen King (Author)
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scarpette rosse?? davvero?? ( ) I enjoyed this book. However, it moved soooooo slow. This book to put it simply isnt for someone who needs a quick read. At 928 pages this book takes a minute to get through, especially if you dont have a lot of time to just sit down and read. Apart from that though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This book picks up where the last one ends off, on Blaine The Mono, Roland and his Ka-tet survive, only to find themselves stranded in Topeka, Kansas. One that has been stricken with the superflu virus, while following i-70 towards a glass palace, they encounter a thinny, a place where the fabric of reality is falling apart. In the night that comes, Roland tells his Ka-tet about another thinny and his experience with it, now this is where the book gets really long. This "flashback" sequence lasts probably about 600, maybe 700 pages of the book. Although i felt this flashback was kinda neccesary and had a lot of really good action sequences, it was absurdly slow sometimes. To the point where it started to lose me halfway through. However, the end of this book is absolutely fantastic, the amount of action and drama found in this make all of this slow reading, and plot building worth it. I wont spoil the end, but it is just amazing, and i genuinely cant reccomend this book and series enough. The only reason this book doesnt get a 5 is due to the pacing issues and how slow most of the book moves. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesThe Dark Tower (4) Is contained inThe Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set by Stephen King (indirect) Has the adaptationHas as a concordanceAwardsDistinctions
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HTML:The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is "splendidly tense...rip-roaring" (Publishers Weekly)â??a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is "at his most ebullient...sweeping readers up in...swells of passion" (Publishers Weekly) as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier whoâ??with a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyn's Grapefruitâ??ignited Mid-World's final war. Filled with "blazing action" (Booklist), the fourth installment in the Dark Tower Series "whets the appetite for more" (Bangor Daily News). Wizard and Glass is a thrilling read from "the reigning King of American popular literature" (Los Angeles Daily N No library descriptions found.
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