Dark Tower: The Waste Lands

Greetings, the Waste Lands is the third book in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. The first two novels, the Gunslinger and the Drawing of the three, where reviewed earlier on in the blog. It still follows the same odd storyline about Roland the Gunslinger and the new characters introduced in the previous plot in search of the Dark Tower.  It still has not been revealed why they are in search of the Tower only that all of the worlds are falling apart and all will be lost if they do not reach it in time.

This one is the weirdest I have read so far but it should be kept in mind I haven’t looked at other Stephen King novels, most of which involve a supernatural twist. The beginning of the Waste Lands is set up to find another adventurer, a boy called Jake who was in the original book. Roland and the other travellers, Eddie and Susannah must race against time to find a portal to our world. This is in order recruit the latest member of the team. The ending of the novel implies to me that the series will eventually become mad beyond understanding but gripping none the less.

As with the previous books, King builds up the story for most of the novel with few fights spread across it and has a great action scene at the end. This isn’t a criticism, in fact it works quite well when he focuses and writes in great detail about events that may not seem exciting but are important to the story, as well as characters. The words seemed to fit together nicely, creating a good atmosphere and it isn’t difficult to understand. I am eager to read the following novels and hope that answers will come in due course. The seventh chapter of Unforgotten Rivalry is up in Warehouse 17.

Plot=8/10

Characters=9/10

Wording= 8/10

Overall=8/10

Quote of the day

Residents of Joker Asylum are all required to follow one simple rule. Failure to follow this rule will be punished by death, no 'ifs', 'ands', or 'buts'. And do you know the best part about the rule? It's a secret!

The Joker

Batman: Arkham Asylum