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The Dark Tower Wizard in Glass, is the second half better?
I’m reading Stephen Kings The Dark Tower series and I’m on Wizard and Glass, and I absolutely hate it. I’m half way through now and I’m wondering if I should skip the book and read the Wikipedia page because it’s just making me angry.
I like the rest of the series and really want to see where it ends up but this book is awful, it started out good with the riddle contest but the flashback with Susan I hate every single part of and it’s making me shout at the book angry. I’m halfway through now and I can tell there is a lot being set up for a big battle and a crazy ending, but I can’t stand whatever you want to call what’s happening with Susan, her aunt, and the mayor. Should I power through or call it?
Well, I'll start by saying I really enjoyed the book, and am nearly done with book 5 myself.
That being said, most of book 4 is that Susan flashback. There is a little more non-Susan plot towards the end, but it's not a ton. Re:Susan, there is action and showdown and etc like you're hoping for, but there is a lot of the intrigue to get through. My suggestion would be check the page # for that Part of the book to be through, and decide if you'd rather have the context or the summary from Wikipedia, and if you skip start up at the end of the Susan section.
I do think 4 was the weakest of the series so far (spending almost an entire book on a flashback felt odd, and the Blaine part at the beginning really should've just been at the end of book 3 instead of that obnoxious cliffhanger ending), so if one got skipped that would've been my vote. I haven't finished the series yet tho so ymmv