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Aaron
01-22-2009, 10:57 AM
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Wizard and Glass
Donald M. Grant, 1997


Round 2, Group VI

Voting for this Book is Closed

Strength of Plot:
2.488888889 (Graded B)

Character Development:
2.711111111 (Graded B+)

Quality of Ending:
2.54444444 (Graded B+)

Overall Average Grade:
2.58148148 (Graded B+)

Combined Round 1 & 2 scores:
6.94184184

Daghain
01-22-2009, 11:14 AM
Straight B's. I thought the whole backstory was way too melodramatic and two-dimensional, and could have probably been done in about 100 pages and been much better.

Letti
01-22-2009, 11:20 AM
AAA

jayson
01-22-2009, 11:30 AM
Triple A's.

As I've often said, I don't consider the Mejis tale backstory or a flashback or a diversion from the "main story." Mejis is the story. Without this perspective on Roland he'd have been much less fully developed. I felt it was just as important for us to know that story as it was for his tet to know it and I thought the way it was told was perfect.

I'll never understand what's not to like about this book.

Chooch
01-22-2009, 11:56 AM
B+A+A+.. A lot of side tracking but of course he had to go there so thast the reader could appreciate Roland and where he came from

mae
01-22-2009, 12:49 PM
Straight Cs. Too bad there are no Ds.

at_one
01-22-2009, 01:01 PM
I feel like the Jackson 5.........ABC

theyspunaweb
01-22-2009, 01:18 PM
BBB, my name.

Patrick
01-22-2009, 03:24 PM
Triple A's.

As I've often said, I don't consider the Mejis tale backstory or a flashback or a diversion from the "main story." Mejis is the story. Without this perspective on Roland he'd have been much less fully developed. I felt it was just as important for us to know that story as it was for his tet to know it and I thought the way it was told was perfect.
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:thumbsup:

fernandito
01-22-2009, 04:26 PM
Straight A's, loved it.

Sam
01-22-2009, 07:48 PM
Straight A's baby!!

obscurejude
01-22-2009, 09:52 PM
C,A,C

I hated everything to do with Oz and have re read the story five times at least and still don't understand it. Plus, it was the beginning of the metafiction that I came to despise.

I liked the Mejis back story a great deal and thought the majority of the characters were developed very well.

BROWNINGS CHILDE
01-22-2009, 10:36 PM
AAA, favorite of the series by far.
I thought the story was the most concise and clear, and the only one of the series that I felt could exist as a stand-alone story. I consider the ending to be with Susan, and feel that the Oz stuff at the end should have been put in Wolves, as it really just left the reader feeling confused. Overall though, I felt that the series is pretty lame without this book.

Melike
01-23-2009, 12:18 AM
All A's. This is my favorite DT book.

Jean
01-23-2009, 12:22 AM
BBA

Django
01-23-2009, 04:15 AM
I gave it three A's, but I rated the ending of the Mejis story and not the Oz ending, which would get a downright C from me. I was feeling positive, that's all.

girl at the window
01-24-2009, 05:53 AM
This one was sitting on my shelf for years collecting dust. Late last year I started reading it and I couldn't put it down. I loved this book and the background it gave on Roland's formative years. The nice thing for me in that I just started reading it recently was that when I was ready to move on to the next books, they were already written. No waiting time for me. Talk about instant gratification.

razz
01-24-2009, 08:45 AM
AAA

ManOfWesternesse
01-26-2009, 06:31 AM
AAA

alinda
01-29-2009, 06:18 AM
B A B If it were not for the chacture development, well...
it was my least favorite in the series, I was shocked that
I didnt like this book as much as the others. I didnt like
the whole Mejis or Oz bits at all. *shrug*