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mae
05-21-2014, 05:47 AM
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, 1997
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Please grade The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_IV:_Wizard_and_Glass) 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 For complete (though slightly outdated) instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).
Dan
05-21-2014, 05:49 AM
LOVED this book!
webstar1000
05-21-2014, 05:49 AM
LOVED this book!

ME TOO!
mae
05-21-2014, 05:52 AM
CCC
stroppygoblin
05-21-2014, 05:53 AM
CCC

You sir, have no heart. It get's A's JUST for the Riddle contest alone.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
05-21-2014, 05:56 AM
Me three. Even books I don't like dont usually get all C's from me. King rarely gets a C from me in character development in a book of this length. I also think the plot was rather engaging. And King would NEVER get a C for quality of writing from me. Even for books I hated like the Regulators. The quality of writing is still better than the average author.
mae
05-21-2014, 05:59 AM
True, King's writing is always on par, but when it's 700-800 pages of writing about nothing?
webstar1000
05-21-2014, 06:00 AM
C'S??!!! BLASPHEMY!!!
Heather19
05-21-2014, 11:11 AM
CCC

I agree. I didn't start to enjoy The Dark Tower series until The Wastelands, and then this one followed it up. Just pulled me right out of the story, and it was never able to get back that momentum that had started for me. Also I really could care less about Roland's younger years. And Susan just really irritated me.
mae
05-21-2014, 11:13 AM
:harrier: Us rebels should stick together, Heather!
Jean
05-21-2014, 11:15 AM
CCC
I was tempted to vote the same, but I overcame the temptation due to many good things that were there. I gave it BBB.



CCC

You sir, have no heart. It get's A's JUST for the Riddle contest alone.
It would have gotten all As from me if it was alone.

(hell, that part deserves more than As, it's some of my favorite pages in the whole fucking literature)
Heather19
05-21-2014, 11:19 AM
CCC

You sir, have no heart. It get's A's JUST for the Riddle contest alone.
It would have gotten all As from me if it was alone.

(hell, that part deserves more than As, it's some of my favorite pages in the whole fucking literature)

The framing story was the only redeeming part of the book. Sadly about 95% of it was filled with a long boring flashback.
Jean
05-21-2014, 11:23 AM
quite

there were some good things there, too, but very few
mae
05-28-2014, 06:24 AM
The poll has closed. This round The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.555555556 or 85.19% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 6.675555556 or 83.44%.

Grade breakdown:
Quality of the Writing: A - 2.611111111 (87.04%)
Strength of Plot: A - 2.500000000 (83.33%)
Character Development: A - 2.555555556 (85.19%)