It wasn’t as slow as Wizard and Glass, which was great. Recommendation: This is absolutely worth the read. They’re not quite the same, but they ring similar to me in the post-apocalyptic(?) worlds they’re set. It’s also making me want to make a real effort into reading the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. I know the world has fallen, but I definitely want to know more about these robo-beasts and the technology. I’m a little disappointed we didn’t find out WHY things were happening, but I’m still hoping there might be more in the next novel with how abruptly it seemed to end and how all of the stories tie together into a much longer story. I don’t clearly see where the characters are going, especially with Susannah’s changes during this book and the title of the next one, Song of Susannah.
I continue to like the character building of the ka-tet of Jake, Susannah, Eddie, Roland, and Oy, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the minor characters other characters we met throughout this story. I actually feel like I might need to read and/or watch Salem’s Lot now, but I may know too much? To the incredible meta references of King’s other works tying many of them together into this alternate universe/story line. ‘No,’ he said, ‘but His girlfriend was a whore.’ ‘Well,’ Roland said, ‘that’s a start.'” (521) ‘Was He ever married?’ The corners of Callahan’s mouth quirked. “‘Your Man Jesus seems to me a bit of a son of a bitch when it comes to women,’ Roland said. I felt there was more humor in this book, from this critique of Christianity,
However, King’s writing and gentle reminder that all of this is “ka” and eventually will get us to the resolution of the story works perfectly. In almost any other book and/or series an entire book that seems to wander off on a separate story line (and this isn’t the first) would drive me nuts. It’s an amazingly intricate and well written story.
I’m really starting to understand why those who love this series REALLY love this series. But, the rest of it has to do with this having the first true cliffhanger in the series. Some of this is of course due to the Amazon Kindle flaw of telling you have 8-10% left in the book when really you have 1-2% and the other 8-9% of those pages are bonus content. I think the biggest issue I have with this book is how quickly it ended. In general, I am LOATHE to enjoy a book as slow as this, let alone a 7(+) book series, but this one is good, really good.
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