Group 6: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

[mae]

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, 1991

Please grade The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:

• Strength of Plot
• Character Development
• Quality of the Story's Ending

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 instructions, see this post.

[Tito_Villa]

AAA

[pathoftheturtle]

In hindsight I think, ironically, that this has one of the best endings of the series.
It is a non-ending, in a way, but aren't they all? I can see now that at least this one was pretty cool. (It is, like the book itself, far out.)

[Daghain]

AAA. GREAT story.

[DoctorDodge]

As much as I love this volume...I'm gonna have to give it an AAB. It's got an awesome story, which finally gives us so much information about why Roland is seeking the Tower, has the return of a much loved character, introduces another much loved character, is just about epic journey wise, in fact I'm pretty much full of praise for it...but, that cliffhanger ending? It is cool, but it just feels too...sudden for me. Other volumes have ended better I feel, but even on its own merits, well, it's not an ending at all really, is it? Some things were resolved nicely at least, which is why it gets a B.

[Sam]

My favorite of the series. I gave DT II all A's, so take a guess what this one got.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

BAA. Plot is still a little muddy, still not sure King knows where he is going with this thing at this point. Character development is excellent. And while I hated the ending of this book, (because I had to wait many years to find out how it turned out) it was a very effective cliffhanger ending, and probably the most powerful ending of any of the books in the series in hindsight.

[candy]

AAC - loved the book, but had to wait for the next book, it pissed me off

[NicNac]

BAA--I felt like it dragged a bit at points throughout. But great read, and I woulda given it higher than an A in character development if I could--for me, that was the real strength of this book.

[fernandito]

Triple A.

[pathoftheturtle]

... I felt like it dragged a bit at points throughout. ...

Really?

...I woulda given it higher than an A in character development if I could--for me, that was the real strength of this book.

Especially w/ Jake, yes? In The Gunslinger (original) he was barely a character at all, but here he really came to life. Yar; this is, in fact, still my favorite SK of all.

[mae]

... I felt like it dragged a bit at points throughout. ...

Really?

I thought so too, to be honest. But overall the action was more or less non-stop. It's my third favorite DT novel.

[Jean]

AAA

(of course)

[lukenet19]

AAA - my second most favourite book

[stone, rose, unfound door]

All A's. This one is just brilliant!

[Ageless Stranger]

All A's from me as well.

[mae]

The poll has closed. This round The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.728571429 or 90.95% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.354834055 or 91.94%. In 2009, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands received an OAG of 2.656250000 for a FAS of 7.322916667, so it gained 0.031917388 (+0.44%) this time.

Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: 2.814285714 (93.81%)
Character Development: 2.842857143 (94.76%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: 2.528571429 (84.29%)