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Wizard and Glass Kindle Edition

by Stephen King (Author)

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79 of 93 people found the following review helpful

OUTSTANDING!!! King's Best Novel!!

By Jana L.Perskie HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on December 28, 2004

Format: Hardcover

"Wizard and Glass," Volume IV of Stephen King's fantasy/western "Dark Tower" series is even better than the three books which preceded it. I didn't think it would be possible to top "The Wastelands," Book III, but King has accomplished the task with great elan. The author's tremendous talents and consistency as a writer are evident here. I can only advise the reader not to begin this novel during a busy period in your life, as it will cause you to miss all sorts of deadlines. I really found it difficult to put this page-turner down.

The novel opens with a wrap-up of the cliffhanger which began in Book Three, where bizarre Blaine, the psychotic, riddle-loving monorail tries to take the stoic Gunslinger and his companions on a suicide trip to a terminal destination. Given the dark humor, it's a really fun ride. The band of four...and a half, the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and their talking dog-like pet, Oy the Bumbler, disengage from the wreckage of Blaine, and continue along the path of the Beam toward the Dark Tower. They finally take a rest, around a campfire, while Roland narrates the details of his quest, the whys and wherefores behind his decision to take this particular course. He tells the tragic tale of his lost love, Susan, and his beloved friends and companions Cuthbert and Alain, who all formed a magnificent Ka-tet, (King's word for a group of people drawn together by fate). These characters have been brought up in prior novels and all played a formidable role in Roland's past life...one which will haunt him to the ends of the changing world. "Wizard and Glass" is more a traditional fantasy novel than the other, more darkly fantastic books in the series.Read more ›

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful

Stephen King: Master Storyteller

By A Customer on October 27, 1998

Format: Paperback

Wizard and Glass is mainline heroin for Dark Tower junkies. Be warned: do not undertake this novel during finals week or if you have housecleaning to do. By the time I was finished, my apartment resembled that of Tommy from "Trainspotting".
If you happen to be a serious reader, the length of this novel is a boon. King writes with such fluidity, his characters' dialogue is so real, that the length is a necessity. If you're hungry, you eat a big plate of lasagne; you don't pick a French restaurant where they serve you a thin slice of pate garnished with a little radish rosette. King may not agree with the critics, but he's damn satisfying, and the Dark Tower series is his piece de resistance.
Roland lives how we'd all like to live-- doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. He's a hero, but he's accessible. He's so good, he doesn't have to swagger. What's so real about him is that he doesn't have a grand plan; he lives each day as it comes and doesn't worry about ka.
Wizard and Glass is not just a great book-- it stands as a fortress against the cynicism and apathy that pervades so much of modern literature. King has the gall to say that some things really matter, and for that his critics will crucify him.

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39 of 45 people found the following review helpful

It Just Gets Better and Better

By Phrodoe on December 22, 2000

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Wizard and Glass is not only the best book in the Dark Tower series, it may well be the best Stephen King book I've ever read. It is grand, operatic, vivid, a story worthy of Tolkien, throbbing with atmosphere, and aching with the shattered soul and broken heart of the story's principal character, Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger. This tale of first love, and that love's tragic loss, forms the centerpiece of the novel, which begins where The Waste Lands left off, with Roland and co. trapped on Blaine (the Pain), engaged in a riddling contest (shades of Bilbo and Gollum!) for their very lives. They defeat Blaine (how I won't say, but it's a moment that beats hell out of every time Captain Kirk ever overloaded a mad computer), and soon discover they've somehow jumped dimensions (another side effect of the Tower's failing), and have wound up in the world . of The Stand -- a moment so chilling I got goosepimples. Really! Of course, given that rambunctious Randy Flagg has now become the villain of this piece, this bit of dimension switching should hardly come as a surprise -- but it's nevertheless fascinating. Roland and co. travel on in this deserted world, finding evidence of both Mother Abigail and the Dark Man (as well as the Crimson King from Insomnia), and soon encounter a "thinny" -- a warp between dimensions that is like a mosquito with a thousand-watt amplifier buzzing in one's ear. This triggers in Roland a flashback -- and most of the next 550 pages are spent in the days of Roland's youth, just after he defeated Cort. He is sent by his father -- along with companions Cuthbert and Alain -- to the sleepy sea community of Mejis.Read more ›

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

I Think Mr. King Must Have Winded Himself...

By Cory Williams on March 16, 2007

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Ok, in my review for the Gunslinger I said that I had waited many years to start this series because I didn't want to be caught in a situation where I had to wait years for the next book. I ended up waiting 20 years or thereabouts to finally get to read these books and for the first three books, I was absolutely sure that I had made the right choice.

In that first review I also noted the originality of this seris nnd it's creativity and verisimilitude.

Alright, the first part of this book starts out by resolving the rather contrived cliffhanger from book 3. I say contrived because there didn't need to be a cliffhanger there and having an early action sequence hurt this book more than helped it. The ending of the train sequence wasn't really a surprise on any level but it was still very fun reading, very fast paced and exciting.

When Blaine stops at the end of part one however, so does the story. From book one through the first 1/3 of this novel I was turning pages at the rate of about 1 every 30 seconds.. that's how fast I was reading.. and how fast the pages were turning.

All through that early part Roland has been promising to tell the story of how he came to be searching for the Dark Tower, how his parents were dethroned and how all this bad stuff happened. I was ready...structurally, the middle of volume four is the place to put this story. I was ready for the epic history of Gilead's fight against, and eventual destruction by The Good Man. That's what I was promised but that's not what I got.

Instead, I get to read 600 pages of Roland and Susan sneaking around to have sex so as to hide from the authorities of this podunk town - 'cause I've never read a story like tht before oh no... I can not tell you how boring this section was to me.Read more ›

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Excellent.

Another fantastic entry in a gripping tale that is impossible to put down. King really knocked it out of the park with this one.

Published 9 days ago by Justin

Roland's tragic, tragic, tragic past.

Fan of Mr. King's books. This fourth book in the TDT series is quite the spectacle as it explores (in the mid part of the book) Roland's past a little more, and what interested me... Read more

Published 12 days ago by Justin M.

Five Stars

Very good narrating

Published 13 days ago by Amazon Customer

Wait, did we just got some ANSWERS!?

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Another amazing... Read more

Published 14 days ago by DJ

Worth the Read

Definitely one of Stephen King's works of art. Great series. Characters are always developing and the story is always exciting. Read more

Published 15 days ago by JHill

Five Stars

Just as described

Published 20 days ago by gregg

Back in time

A great look back into Roland's past. At first I was thinking to myself is this really going to take up the whole book; lets just get on with this great series. Read more

Published 29 days ago by Chris Silva

All books of the series are like this, but this one more do

A western, with mystical overtones. All books of the series are like this, but this one more do. Also , a love story.

Published 1 month ago by kevin bailey

King's trys his hand at Purple Prose and come out Periwinkle

This book's story within the story frame set up takes you out of the action of Roland's Ka-tet that he started from Lud. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Kevin

Five Stars

Awesome!

Published 1 month ago by omg, ROBYN!

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