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[Mr. Wonderful]

For those of you who don't know:

Now, with The Wind Through the Keyhole, King has returned to the rich landscape of Mid-World. This story within a story within a story finds Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, in his early days during the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man,” Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Book of Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” he says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.”

I just finished it, and I couldn't believe how good it is. How precise it was for a Dark Tower novel, or how polished it was.

I was really pleasantly surprised how much the actual "Wind Through the Keyhole" story took up the majority of the novel. I also enjoyed how the "fairytale" ended up tying into the main storyline for the series, and ended up being more of a history rather than just a tale.

Anyone else on Dark Tower-GAF read it?

I would be really interested in hearing if anyone else agrees with me.

 

[TheBear]

I've never heard of it. I thought the series was finished, but apparently not! BRB buying it now.

 

[sharkmuncher]

I'm not sure I'd say it was the best, better than books 5-7 though. Overall a really nice, quickly return to the dark tower books.

 

[Arment]

I just started reading it last night. I'll come back with confirmation of the validity of this opinion within 4 days.

 

[Fusebox]

It's that good?? I always intended to pick it up, but wasn't expecting much from it. Now I'm excited.

 

[Ravager61]

I want to read it so bad but I still have Dance with Dragons and Wise Man's Fear to read. I'm slow.

 

[CrazyDogg77]

I haven't read it yet. Do we ever find out a resolution for the series or is there not a confirmed one?

 

[AlteredBeast]

Much better than the bad 6, but definitely not as good as number 5 or most of 7. Are you nuts? It was a Dark Tower book in name only.

 

[bengraven]

Haven't read it yet, but The Gunslinger, Wastelands and Wizard and Glass are hard to beat.

 

[Chris R]

Haven't read it yet, but The Gunslinger, Wastelands and Wizard and Glass are hard to beat.

Yep. Didn't know this was out, going to grab it now (it is on the kindle store right?)

 

[bengraven]

Yep. Didn't know this was out, going to grab it now (it is on the kindle store right?)

Yeah, I actually have it on Kindle, but my wife has basically stolen my Kindle for the last 2 months. Maybe I'll get a copy from the library...

 

[Ravager61]

I haven't read it yet. Do we ever find out a resolution for the series or is there not a confirmed one?

What? The resolution happens at the end of The Dark Tower. This is a side story.

For the record, I love the ending of book 7.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I haven't read it yet. Do we ever find out a resolution for the series or is there not a confirmed one?

Nope. Just more world building in the style of The Wizard and Glass.

Haven't read it yet, but The Gunslinger, Wastelands and Wizard and Glass are hard to beat.

Being better than The Wizard and Glass is hard to say, but I can at least confidently assert that it is better written (as far as precision and plot organization goes).

But yeah, The Wasteland was pretty great too.

 

[EleventhDoctor]

What? The resolution happens at the end of The Dark Tower. This is a side story.

For the record, I love the ending of book 7.

Oh, so youre the one.

 

[Arment]

Finished it a couple nights ago.

I hope he does more like it. I don't need more Roland, Susannah, Eddie, Jake and Oy. But I could definitely use more stories in this world, say thankya.

 

[blainethemono]

I don't think it was as good as the first 4 books, but its definitely better than the last 3

 

[akira28]

I thought Dark Tower didn't end. Like, there were some loose ends tied up, some pretty conclusive shit, but the story still continues. Right?

 

[dLMN8R]

I just finished this, and thought it was wonderful. Such a great, meaningful addition to the series, and a welcome return to this incredible world King created.

The story-within-a-story structure really highlighted just how talented King is at masterfully creating distinction in language and cadence. The transitions from Roland's ka-tet, to the story Roland tells, to the story within a story are completely identifiable independently, yet all fit the wider universe too.