Wizard and Glass
Donald M. Grant, 1997
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Let me go ahead and give it a 5 before the routine trashing of this book begins in earnest.
I will never understand why people hate this book. I've explained before in the thread for this book how I don't consider the Mejis story a "flashback" or a distraction from the "real story".
Ok, trash away.
A 4 for me. If I'd voted on this four years ago, or so, it would have been a 5. My first read of the DT books, this was my favorite. On my second go at it, I think The Drawing of the Three was my fave with this book being on par with The Wastelands. From what I can remember, anyway.
Who knows? Maybe on my third read, it'll be something else.
This is my favorite of the Dark Tower series, but the last to get a five from me unfortunately. The stories were still good, but the whole side story with Mia really irked me for some reason and colored the rest of the series.
A 5, I love this book.
I gave it a 3. It paled in comparison to the other DT books, and was my least favorite. I didn't mind Roland's backstory, but I just couldn't get into it.
I really dreaded this one ...I couldn't think of how to describe my
feelings about it, but Hannah just about summed it up perfectly.
This was my least favorite in the series, I gave it a 3.
Thanks Hannah :rose:
I gave this one a big fat 2. Probably the lowest I'll rate a King book. I wrote a lot about my feelings in the Baronies section, so I won't repeat myself here. I'm just hoping this book won't make it out of this bracket, and so I've done my part. :nope:
I love this book as it is. 5
A definite 3 for me. Love it because it's part of the DT series, could have totally lived without Susan Delgao. Just sayin'.
This is the first DT volume I didn't like more than the previous one. I still recognized it as having greatness, and so I still voted it a 4 (plus it is still The Dark Tower), but I didn't like it as much as some other volumes. The backstory in particular was hard to get into, and I even read The Gunslinger Born BEFORE I read this.
It was good. The first time I read this book I was freaking out about how much I loved it. I talked about it with anyone that would listen. It didn't hold up too good for me on reread. *shrug* I've probably read this book cover to cover twice and skimmed about three to four times and it has never been as good as it was the first time.
I like it very much as it standsSpoiler:
5 for me. :clap: 12-04-2008 02:22 PMmaeOoh, another 2 and even a 1! :nana: 12-04-2008 02:34 PMHeather19That 2 is from me. The only thing that saved it from being a 1 was the beginning with Blaine, and the end with the emerald city. Also coming off of The Wastelands which is my favorite of the series, this was a huge letdown. 12-04-2008 02:37 PMPasiuk57one of the best in the DT series... 12-04-2008 02:41 PMat_one5* WnG ftw!!! 12-04-2008 02:48 PMmaeFully agree, Heather. Afterwards I've come to appreciate the so-called flashback portion a bit more, but taking the novel as a standalone work, which is what we're supposed to do when we rate these books, that was a very jarring and overlong section. 12-04-2008 02:56 PMJean 12-04-2008 03:38 PMpickleI really liked it, not as much as some of the others, but it was still good and important for the story. 12-04-2008 04:43 PMB RagI didn't care for this one too much. I probably would have enjoyed Roland's backstory, but I was trying to rush through it, because I knew that my favorite character, the Tick Tock Man, would be returning at some point. When he actually did, it was a pretty big letdown. 12-04-2008 05:44 PMGirlystevedaveIf I had voted right after my first read of this book I probably wouldn't have given it more than a 3. For some reason, it just didn't grab me.
But since I've reread it at least 4 times since finishing the DT series, I love it.
I give it a 5.
:) 12-04-2008 06:09 PMksmithcats5 from me. I thought it was just wonderful. But then, I don't think I could give any SK story a bad review....it's a sickness of mine. 12-04-2008 07:06 PMIWasSentWestsame thoughts as myself
the middle just really draaaaaggged along. i couldnt give a rats ass about susan delgado. i liked the book, loved how it gave alot more history on john farson and all that, but man the love story part just didn't float my boat
4 for me (merely bc it IS the dark tower series) as a stand alone, i'd prob. rate it a 3 12-04-2008 07:13 PMmaeIWasSentWest, that's how you should've rated it, as a standalone work, solely on its own merit.