Stephen
King´s "The
Dark Tower"
Vol. 3
The
Waste Lands
Editorial Reviews
King's third volume on Roland the gunfighter's search for the Dark Tower offers
charming bits of whimsy, some splendidly tense moments and one rip-roaring
horror scene. At times, however, it is pretentious and the direction of the
sprawling plot uncertain. Roland has two companions on his quest for the tower
at the portal of all the worldsp. 53 : Susannah Dean and Eddie Dean, who entered
his world from New York City of 1963 and 1987, respectively. When the three
track down the den of a 70-foot-tall cyborg bear, they are pointed down a path
leading to the Tower. But Roland is slowly going mad, a fact that seems linked
to his past experiences with Jake Chambers, a boy who died twicestet ital in
the first book of the series. Jake reappears here, displaying great resilience
in crossing over from 1977 New York City to join Roland & Co. (As Susannah
notes, "This time-travel business is some confusing shit.")
608 pages
Signet Book (September 2003)
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