The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower IV-1/2

by King, Stephen
ISBN: 9781451658910
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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: King, Stephen
  • ISBN: 9781451658910
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 309
  • Publication Year: 2012

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  • A stand-alone fantasy set in The Dark Tower universe.

    Connie C. - 7 years 5 months ago

    One of the best things about this novel is that it somehow has it both ways it's more Dark Tower for fans of that series, and it also stands alone as its own coming-of-age fantasy story for those unfamiliar with the other books. There are three layers of storytelling here. A dangerous squall picks up, so the characters from the Dark Tower novels stop to take shelter, and the leader, Roland, tells them a story about his young days as a law enforcer. The Skin-Man, this second story, finds Roland in a frontier town confronted with the supernatural threat of a man possessed by a demon. The demon is killing indiscriminately, slaughtering whole families and work operations. One small boy survives and sees the man, and while protecting the boy through an overnight windstorm, Roland tells him the story The Wind Through the Keyhole. The titular story is about a young boy who suffers the loss of his father and, eventually, the blinding of his mother. The boy is sent on a fool's errand by King's omnipresent villain (the same character appears in many books), where he meets Merlyn the Magician in the same storm Old Roland is experiencing in the long-ago framing device. It has a lot of the same appeal as the Dark Tower novels, where King's elements of fantasy are tinged just slightly by horror and sadness. But it isn't bogged down by the indescribably complicated and bizarre strings that make the Dark Tower series a difficult recommendation. The Wind Through the Keyhole contains some fantastic imagery, such as a dead man so pure of heart, parasites don't touch the corpse, a young boy chasing a fairy through a dark swamp and eventually getting betrayed and facing down a dragon, and a surreal Life of Pi moment near the end of the story. A fast and satisfying read, it's likely not the Dark Tower story fans of that series are hoping for, but it is a story that is appealing in its own way, and is more accessible as a result.

    HPB Staff Review