The Waste Lands is the third installment in the Dark Tower series and, having established two of the main characters who will remain pivotal throughout the series in The Drawing of the Three, Waste Lands moves Roland and his companions closer to the Dark Tower while picking up a few more companions on the way. … Read More …
Thinner by Stephen King Review
Thinner is yet another novel that King penned under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. Unlike the other Bachman tales such as Roadwork or The Long Walk, this tale is not one of desperation, but one of guilt and regret. It does, however, take us to the edge of desperation within the last chapters of the … Read More …
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Review
The story introduces the reader to 9 year old Trisha McFarland. A 9 year old that is tall for her age, her father’s daughter, has a wonderfully vivid imagination and a huge fan of the Red Sox. Especially of the pitcher, Tom Gordon. Trisha is from Boston until her parents divorced and she, her mother, … Read More …
Wizard and Glass – Dark Tower 4 Review
Following The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass is the fourth installment in Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series. Wizard & Glass clearly illustrates King’s ability to create a believable, almost apocalyptic world, even more so than the former titles in the series. Those readers who are already familiar with King’s The Stand know well how … Read More …
Wolves of the Calla – Dark Tower 5 Review
Wolves of the Calla, following Wizard & Glass, is the fifth volume in Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series. After escaping the fan favorite King villain, Randall Flagg in Wizard & Glass, Roland and his ka-tet are seemingly detained from continuing on their trek to the Dark Tower when they enter the village of Calla … Read More …