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Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
 

Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)

by Stephen King

Wizard and Glass, the fourth episode in King's white-hot Dark Tower series, is a sci-fi/fantasy novel that contains a post-apocalyptic Western love story twice as long. It begins with the series' star, world-weary Roland, and his world-hopping posse (an ex-junkie, a child, a plucky woman in a wheelchair, and a talking dog-like pet named Oy the Bumbler) trapped aboard a runaway train. The train... (read more)

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Drew H
  • Rated 4 stars

“I liked this one a lot, but the story about Roland and Susan Delgado's love got a bit old after awhile. While the author kept things interesting with his masterful characterization and building suspense, I just felt like the love scenes were kind of cheesy. Roland and Susan didn't talk like young teenagers, but like romance novel characters. But, in the end, Roland and his friends got to kick some major butt, so it was good. I can't wait to read the next one.”

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Peach
  • Rated 1 stars

“Wizard and Glass is the lull at the center of the Dark Tower series. It concludes the Blaine the Mono episode (one of my favorite in the series), then tells the story of Roland's adventures at age 14 in the Barony of Meijis and, of course, his relationship with Susan Delgado.

There are moments in this book that I thought were wonderfully written — "broken hearts heal" — and very true to a romantic story. In some ways, the love story in Wizard and Glass is a precursor of...”

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  • Rated 4.242197 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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