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| Title | : | The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower #4.5) |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 322 pages |
| Published | : | April 24th 2012 by Scribner (first published February 21st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Horror |
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Kindle Edition | Pages: 322 pages Rating: 4.15 | 63540 Users | 5083 Reviews
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Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement.Roland Deschain and his ka-tet—Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two . . . and in so doing, casts new light on his own troubled past.
In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself, Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, never too old. We live for them.” And indeed, the tale that Roland unfolds, the legend of Tim Stoutheart, is a timeless treasure for all ages, a story that lives for us.
King began the Dark Tower series in 1974; it gained momentum in the 1980s; and he brought it to a thrilling conclusion when the last three novels were published in 2003 and 2004. The Wind Through the Keyhole is sure to fascinate avid fans of the Dark Tower epic. But this novel also stands on its own for all readers, an enchanting and haunting journey to Roland’s world and testimony to the power of Stephen King’s storytelling magic.
~from first edition jacket
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| Original Title: | The Wind Through the Keyhole |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dark Tower #4.5 |
| Characters: | Roland Deschain |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2012) |
Rating Based On Books The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower #4.5)
Ratings: 4.15 From 63540 Users | 5083 ReviewsCrit Based On Books The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower #4.5)
The story within a story concept is ok, but it doesn't really progress our ka-tet to the Dark Tower. I do love The Wind Through The Keyhole story within this book. The Skin Man, not so much. I feel these were story ideas King had but couldn't create a final product, so this book became essentially three short stories nested within each other. On to the calla!Sigh. Well, it's finished. I will now try and express some of my deep disappointments here even though it will hurt me to do so. Kemper's review captures much of what frustrated me and left me feeling cheated by the whole affair. To be promised another Dark Tower installment and offered this underwhelming book in its place, so loosely tethered to the source material as to feel as if someone else wrote it, a comical pastiche in parts that tries too hard to be Dark Tower worthy -- well, it just
3.5 Stars Believe it or not, there was a time when I hadn't read the Dark Tower series... but we don't talk about that. It's a painful time in my history, and polite company lets me keep my shame to myself. But I mention it because since stepping foot into the Tower multiverse, everything changed. I thought I was a Stephen King fan until I read the Dark Tower series, but I had no idea how much I could love King and his books. I adore this series. No other series or book can claim a higher spot
★★★★☆½ It was the best of times, it was the worst of timesit was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. Whoops! Wrong quote there, but it seems somewhat appropriate for such a polarizing little book. Im truly shocked at how varied the ratings are on this one, even amongst friends whose opinions I trust. I typically avoid all the .5 stories, since theyre usually just pointless filler, and seeing some of those one star ratings out there was not especially encouraging. Our fearless
3.5 Stars Believe it or not, there was a time when I hadn't read the Dark Tower series... but we don't talk about that. It's a painful time in my history, and polite company lets me keep my shame to myself. But I mention it because since stepping foot into the Tower multiverse, everything changed. I thought I was a Stephen King fan until I read the Dark Tower series, but I had no idea how much I could love King and his books. I adore this series. No other series or book can claim a higher spot
*My shiny new updated review for my re-read*As I look back on our long and treacherous journey I am not shocked to see that there have been some casualties. I wish I could say I was, but the Quest for the Dark Tower has claimed many of lives. Aye, so it has. We lost one to demon sex, one to Japanese comics, one who ran so far ahead of us without looking back and one just kind of backed slowly away ( I get that last one a lotI cant imagine why!) But as we have lost some, we have also gained some.
This is one of the "short stories" that flesh out the world(s) and characters of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. It was written much later, but I'm glad that my buddy-reader and I are reading it in chronological order nevertheless.Just like in the 4th volume of the series, this is a story-within-the-story that features yet another story within that.Roland and his "new" Ka-tet are on their way to the Outer Baronies when they have to seek shelter from a storm after crossing a river. In
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