Group 4: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)

[mae]

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, 1991
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Please grade The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_III:_The_Waste_Lands) in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:


Quality of the Writing
Strength of Plot
Character Development


If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

Please base your vote only on this book's own merits, not how it fits into the series as a whole.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete (though slightly outdated) instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).

[Jean]

AAA

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

ABA

[Jean]

a B for the story???

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Yeah, this one was just all over the place. When I think back on it, I remember scenes, but not there order or progression. To me this book is not plot driven, the characters are just moving through a backdrop of different scenes. They are written very well, and the characters are quite well developed, but it seemed that they could have been doing anything else and it would have been just as interesting. For that matter, the entire series is more character driven for me than plot driven, this book just illustrates that better than the others.

[Jean]

you have just opened my eyes - no sarcasm. I just realized that for me a really good story is one that is character-driven; this is both necessary and sufficient; or rather, more sufficient than necessary (I can concede there are good stories with little character development). You are 100% right in what you said, especially this


the characters are just moving through a backdrop of different scenes

but it's exactly what I loved about it. By the way, it's very much like Alice in Wonderland. I might develop this thought later, it's a promising one.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

For me, the best stories are character driven as well. If I don't care about the characters in the story, the plot must be very intricately woven indeed to sustain my interest.

[Jean]

totally

[mae]

The poll has closed. This round The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.807017544 or 93.57% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.480094467 or 93.50%.

Grade breakdown:
Quality of the Writing: A - 2.842105263 (94.74%)
Strength of Plot: A - 2.736842105 (91.23%)
Character Development: A - 2.842105263 (94.74%)