Major cliffhanger but very good entry. ( )

THAT ENDING!!! WOAH ( )

Stephen King, come recita la sua biografia all'interno del romanzo, è soprattutto un narratore magistrale. Probabilmente nessun lettore si diverte a leggere i suoi libri quanto lui a scriverli.

Leggere Terre desolate è stato come ascoltare un narratore itinerante, uno di quelli che andavano di casa in casa a raccontare le loro storie, con le loro voci capaci di dipingere paesaggi estranei e personaggi mitici. Girata l'ultima pagina, verrebbe quasi voglia di offrire un pasto caldo e un letto per la notte allo scrittore.

Stephen King è proprio uno di quegli autori capaci di evocare i racconti attorno al fuoco, quei racconti che, tra eroi e mostri, hanno tramandato più sapere di tanti maestri di scuola. Terre desolate spaventa per i suoi paesaggi ostili e per le sue mostruosità multiformi, ma insegna a tenere duro, ad affrontare i nemici con coraggio e intelligenza e a fidarsi degli amici.

Non che King volesse scrivere qualcosa di didascalico, ma proprio per questo è riuscito a scrivere un romanzo così epico e ricco d'azione. Tutti sbruffiamo (o abbiamo sbruffato) di fronte ad una ramanzina; tutti noi, però, amiamo le belle storie. ( )

1.75 stars. this was okay for what it was, but much of it was less than what it could be, and less than what he can do. there were specific things that he's done in other earlier books that he did better than here. (for example the whole riddle and train thing felt so poorly written. there was no tension and all the places he wanted me to be turning the pages because i couldn't tear my eyes from the page i was turning them just to get to the end.) and i hated the way he used sex, especially with susannah and the demon. that entire scene enraged me.. that in particular, but really all the parts of the book that were supposed to be high-octane felt to me like a teenage boy's fantasy. everything else in the book was better, and so raises this up for me, but the crucial parts of this one were mostly just annoying to me (or worse). i'm hoping we can move on to better things in the next one. i'm also starting to really question what the first book is needed for. obviously a couple of things but the premise - chasing the man in black - is starting to feel contrary to roland's real objective of finding the dark tower.... ( )

4.5/5

Another great installment to the series. I would argue my favorite so far, and one of Kings best writings. I absolutely love the exploration of this post apocalyptic world that happens in the second half of the story.

But that doesn’t mean that the first half, and this books “Drawing”, where dull moments. Finally we get to see more emotional depth developing from our supporting characters, as well as their importance in the story. I love Eddie’s part in the drawing. His character needed the attention, and Stephen King did not drop the ball. I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the entire carving process, but the connections between our New York and his world that were created from the ‘carving’ was great.

After the fourth Drawing of the series, the book starts to take off with learning about the lore of this world, and I believe that’s why I liked it much more than the previous two. Many answers were given; to questions I didn’t even know I had. But at the same time we are left with dozens more budding up through the mess that was this books ending. A chaotically fun mess that ends in a cliff hanger, but a mess still.

On to the Fourth! ( )