Reviews

The Dark Tower III, Volume 3: The Waste Lands by Stephen King

benny_g's review against another edition

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️.83?

I feel like the further I get into this series, the more it improves. The world building gets more crispy with each situation our ka-tet gets into, and with those challenges the real world stakes grow. We are now more steeped in Mid-World than NYC which is a PLUS, but I have a feeling that these NYC laden flashbacks will keep occurring to my dismay. Still doesn’t reach the heights of any of King’s one-off novels, but it is an excellent entry to a so-so story so far (you can probably tell I wasn’t the biggest fan of Gunslinger or Dot3).

bookworm_kenz923's review against another edition

4.0

Oh man this one was super exciting! Loved it!

matthewwalsh1687's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

King does it again with this absolute banger. Really enjoyed all of the character development while still getting some juicy plot development as well. His writing is just so easy to read. 

lesebolla's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0

lilbookowl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

tylerruddhall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

A lot more demon rape than I was expecting. 

trygalle_trade_guild's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

onizuon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.25

garbgini's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bookscoffeecats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25