July 28, 2015
I got my hands on a copy of Song of Susannah more easily than this book, which is a good thing because I'll be eager to start it. The events of this one lead directly into the next. We have an important connection established between our heroes and the men that Jake spoke to in the bookstore in the third book, and the events of Susannah's child labor will unfold.
Let's put it this way: Susannah was, indeed, pregnant, but Eddie isn't exactly the father. Poor Susannah has developed another personality, Mia. Mia, I need answers about. Is she the reason why Susannah had vague recollections about Lud, about Roland's world before it moved on? And of course, what the beast inside her, which Mia wants to have, turns out to be. Susannah is such a complex character; she's so tough and brave, and she's actually about to resist and communicate with Mia in a way that Odetta and Detta never could. She at least got Mia to hold off until after the battle with the Wolves before Mia took over and fled.
It's a bit hard to keep track of the ways that our heroes have discovered of traveling between worlds. I'll leave it to this: another piece of the "Wizard's Rainbow" is now in the mix, and this powerful orb, along with a door in a cave near Calla Bryn Sturgis, allows them to control the where and when that they travel to. Their dealings in New York add further dimensions to the issue of saving the Dark Tower.
After this book, I finally have a decent grasp on what the Dark Tower is. It's the ultimate quest for good for the gunslingers, and this book (as well as The Wind Through the Keyhole) gave me a clear definition of what a gunslinger is. So that puts the situation in the Calla into perspective. They had to fight the Wolves; it is their ka as gunslingers.
I found the whole situation with the Wolves to be mostly predictable, but still compelling. But the events with the door and Black Thirteen, the addition of Father Callahan to the mix (note to self: read 'Salem's Lot in the near future), and Susannah's situation were really the driving points in this book. So, on I go into the next volume...only two more to go!
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