The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
by Stephen King
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Author: Stephen KingIllustrator: Darrel Anderson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-04-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Scribner
Book Reviews of The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
Book Review: The Dark Tower Series Gets Stranger...
Summary: 5 Stars
Whereas the previous five "Dark Tower" novels take place over large, sprawling periods of time, this novel is much shorter both in reality (400 pages) and within the text (all the events take place within a day or two).
When I first started this book, I was disappointed by the focus on Susannah-Mio, as that (at least to me) was not a very compelling part of the storyline. However, the interactions of those characters in 1999 New York City provides for some entertaining moments.
The much more interesting plotline in this novel, however, is Roland and Eddie meeting Stephen King in the flesh. Yes, King wrote himself into his own book! While the phrase "there are more worlds than these" had played a big part in the series to this point, I was shocked to find out that it perhaps even including OUR own world as well. Much like the TV show "LOST", which once hinted that it's characters were nothing more than one man's paranoid delusions, "Song of Susannah" intimates that perhaps the entire Dark Tower creation just springs from the mind of King...that Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and the like aren't even real! The coupe de grace comes when King (the real one!) questions which world the fictional Stephen King actually resides in.
So, although "Susannah" starts off a bit slow, it slowly builds to an exciting crescendo that will whet your appetite for the final installment. I am a first-time reader of the series, and I am chomping at the bit to finally be ushered into the Dark Tower itself!
Summary of The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
The sixth volume in The Dark Tower series - the most anticipated series of publications in Stephen King's legendary career - The Dark Tower VI; Song Of Susannah is a pivotal instalment in the epic saga. It provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother and uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the is the father of her child? And what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny, while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real and bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'Salem's Lot. Song Of Susannah is driven by revelation and by suspense. It continues the Dark Tower seamlessly from Wolves Of The Calla and the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion.Horror Books
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