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Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower VI
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Series: The Dark Tower, Book 6
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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The Dark Tower
- The Dark Tower VII
- Written by: Stephen King
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 28 hrs and 50 mins
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Great book
- By Kurlita Peters on 2019-01-18
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- Narrated by: George Guidall
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Favourite book in the series
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In this fourth volume, Roland, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts a story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson.
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My favorite of the series so far!
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In The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King has returned to the rich landscape of Mid-World. This story within a story within a story finds Roland Deschain, Mid-World’s last gunslinger, in his early days during the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a "skin-man", Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter.
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Great side story!
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In this third volume, several months have passed, and Roland's two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta's two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But while battling The Pusher in 1977 New York, Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who - in Roland's world - has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness.
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A ride from start to finish.
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In this second volume, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New York - here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. They also become the companions, forming a ka-tet, who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.
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Leaps better than Book 1
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All good things must come to an end, Constant Listener, and not even Stephen King can write a story that goes on forever. The tale of Roland Deschain's relentless quest for the Dark Tower has, the author fears, sorely tried the patience of those who have followed it from its earliest chapters. But attend to it a while longer, if it pleases you, for this volume is the last, and often the last things are best.
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Great book
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Wolves of the Calla
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Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World, the almost timeless landscape that seems to stretch from the wreckage of civility that defined Roland's youth to the crimson chaos that seems the future's only promise. Followers of Stephen King's epic series know Roland well, or as well as this enigmatic hero can be known. They also know the companions who have been drawn to his quest for the Dark Tower: Eddie Dean and his wife, Susannah; Jake Chambers; and Oy.
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Favourite book in the series
- By Kyle Bamford on 2021-01-10
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In this fourth volume, Roland, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono's final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts a story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson.
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My favorite of the series so far!
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Great side story!
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A ride from start to finish.
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Leaps better than Book 1
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Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.
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Great book to start listening from audible
- By Anonymous User on 2017-09-11
Written by: Stephen King
Publisher's Summary
To give birth to her "chap", demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen to transport to New York City in the summer of 1999. The city is strange to Susannah...and terrifying to the "daughter of none" who shares her body and mind.
Saving the Tower depends not only on rescuing Susannah but also on securing the vacant lot Calvin Tower owns before he loses it to the Sombra Corporation. Enlisting the aid of Manni senders, the remaining ka-tet climbs to the Doorway Cave...and discovers that magic has its own mind. It falls to the boy, the billy bumbler, and the fallen priest to find Susannah-Mia, who in a struggle to cope, with each other and with an alien environment, "go todash" to Castle Discordia on the border of End-World. In that forsaken place, Mia reveals her origins, her purpose, and her fierce desire to mother whatever creature the two of them have carried to term.
Eddie and Roland, meanwhile, tumble into western Maine in the summer of 1977, a world that should be idyllic but isn't. For one thing, it is real, and the bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called Salem's Lot, a writer who turns out to be as shocked by them as they are by him.
What the critics say
"There's something about a crippled, black, schizophrenic, civil rights activist-turned-gunslinger whose body has been hijacked by a white, pregnant demon from a parallel world that keeps a seven-volume story bracingly strong as it veers toward its Armageddon-like conclusion....The biggest cliffhanger of King's career." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-11-28
Poor suz
Like always, the dark tower series is captivating. George does a decent enough job of narrating but nothing compares to frank Mueller from 2,3,and 4.
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- Ranpreet
- 2018-10-06
OMG! That is all I can say.
Loved it. Coming so close to end of such a long tale has a very unique feeling. One one hand I can't wait to hit play on the final chapter and on the other I don't know what will happen when it finally all ends. this was certainly a very unique book even among the DT series themselves.
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- Dark_Maximo
- 2022-01-15
More?
I really love the Dark Tower series, the King is so good a writer and George Guidall is a good reader. I preferred Frank Muller, he really got the spirit of the caracters!!
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- D.K
- 2021-10-09
Wonderful and did not disappoint.
I enjoyed the pace and substance of this last installment. Looking forward to the closing book.
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- Sumiko
- 2020-10-13
Guidall is no Muller
Guidall is no Muller. We all know Muller had Roland’s voice.
But it’ll do ya fine. Say true.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-08-14
Beloved story
Great book. the only issue i had with the performance was the very long pauses between the chapters.
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- Doug Floyd
- 2020-06-15
Jumped the shark
To explain why this book does not live up to the previous books in the series would be a spoiler alert so stop reading if you have not read the book
To place yourself as the writer in the actual story was way too Pirandello for my tastes. How meta meta post meta can we get? Kind of ruins everything that led up to that point.
Also Guidall is good but once you start with Frank Muller narrating anyone else just can’t live up to the task. Again - Guidall is fine but he is no Muller. Of course Muller had his accident so it’s very unfortunate. Also tough on Guidall to step in and be compared.
If not for King inserting himself this book lives up the series but his presence really turns this on its head.
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- Maurice B.
- 2019-10-09
good story
Loved it. Didn't want to take the headset off. Dont want the story to end.
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- ijeoma
- 2019-07-15
Second time's the charm
I've listened to twice now,and the first time that I listened to it the story it didn't faze me as much. This is the second time that I've listened to this book, and it's an amazing book. Totally recommend this book
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-18
One of my favourite of this series! #Audible1
I’ve done my fair share of mind bending delectables but these books are some of the most nourishing, cerebral things I’ve encountered.
Worth while in reading if you won’t more that just an adventure.
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- Grant
- 2013-05-29
Kool-Ade, Drunk.
I have invested so many hours in this saga that I have no capacity to nit pick its minor shortcomings or flaws. I am all in. Bring on the final book.
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- Daniel F. Webster
- 2004-06-17
Undoing the writer's block!
This series just keeps getting better as the pages pass... now we have revealed the ultimate writer's paradox, a story that takes on it's own life - whose character's ask the writer to keep writing! I, for one, don't want this series to ever end. In this book, Stephen King (with the help of his characters) starts to pull all of the loose strings together. You won't want to miss this one. However, you can't start with this book - read the previous 5 first or you will be lost for sure!
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- Josh
- 2004-09-01
Love it or Hate it, but at least Try it...
A very interesting and incredibly different book in the series. A lot of reviews are either a 1 or a 5 for this book. Many of the one's seem to involve the fact that there is little action, which was my original gripe with this book as well, just too much dialog. But it does finish very strong so my rating is closer to a "5". I would give it 4.5 if I could.
I groaned at the end of DT5 when SK was hinted as a pivotal character in the series and this book adds to that a great deal. But it is also very cleverly handled to not be annoying, well not too annoying anyway.
The Susannah / Mia conflict is very pivotal in the book (hey, look at the title). Be prepared for some bizarre stuff, I'm still not sure I understand her pregnancy after this book...
I think this book would get a 2 or 3 if I didn't know that DT7 was just around the corner because this ends just too abruptly.
Give it a chance, you may hate it, but I think if you don't mind a little psychology and philosophy that you'll come out thinking it was ok afterall, in fact it might even be pretty dang good.
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- Nate_D
- 2014-01-28
Necessary piece of the puzzle
This is undoubtedly the weakest of the 7 Dark Tower novels...but cannot be overlooked for obvious reasons. King does, from time to time, loose his way occasionally in some stories, and this installment represents that flaw...in my humble opinion.
The characterization of Susannah and the others remains pretty consistent, but the arc of the story gets a little strange. The good thing about this book is that it isn't as long as most of the others. There is some vital information here in regards to the Dark Tower story, and it isn't BAD...just not up to the same standards as the rest of the series.
George Guidall does a very nice job with the narration.
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- martin holley
- 2008-01-29
Losing focus
This series seems to be a great idea that has lost its focus. King sometimes has a real problem letting go and ending a book (or series). This series drones on and on like he doesn't want it to end. The map seems incomplete in his mind and this is just filler. If you've gone through the others in the series, you have to go through this one as well. Just don't expect too much
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- Tony
- 2004-06-25
The Crimson King
Mr. King offers a nice diversion in this edition of the Dark Tower
series. We can finally see the end near. Constant reader will be interested in his latest twist, and the ending, though not final is worth every minute spent on this novel.
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- Michael
- 2005-03-29
Park your rig at the Dixi Pig.
Read/Listen to The Talisman & Black House before you listen to this story for some rewarding Tie ins!
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- surrealist14
- 2017-12-23
The weakest of the Dark Tower series
Despite loving every other book in this series, I found this one to drag on and quickly lost interest in it. The narrator did an excellent job, but the characters seemed tired and flat to me, without the usual King ability to make characters we can almost see, touch, and feel. But, it's part of the overall story, so it needs a listen if you intend to go through the whole series. Thankfully shorter than some of the other volumes!
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- Michael Carrato
- 2004-12-20
George Guidall does a nice job
I've seen complaints about George Guidall's narration of this series, and I think the complaints are unwarranted. There is only one Frank Muller, and it is understandable that some people are going to judge Guidall against Muller's impossibly lofty standard. But that's not fair to Guidall.
I've listened to V and VI now, and I have grown quite fond of Guidall's narration. Sure, he doesn't delineate voices as beautifully as Muller did, but there is something to be said for his more understated approach. In fact, I rather prefer Guidall's rendition of Susanna/Odetta/Detta, especially Detta; Muller's Detta was a bit overdone, in my opinion. And I really loved Guidall's "Andy" in Wolves of the Calla.
As for the story, it is classic King: compelling to the point where you can't put it down! I wonder exactly HOW he's going to tie up all these loose ends in VII, but we'll see.
I do feel that some of King's plot twists are cop-outs. I mean, it almost seems as if he's constructed huge elaborate subplots just to explain a few mistakes in the earier volumes (e.g. Co-op City being in Brooklyn, not the Bronx.) It seems like he's always trying to explain away some contradiction in the "rules of the world" he's created.
It leads me to believe that this story, which spans over 30 years of King's own life, has gotten away from him, and he's spending most of his time trying to reel it back in.
Or maybe VII will resolve all and it will make perfect sense in the end. We'll see...
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- pmx13
- 2017-11-09
Like a 2 course meal (when you're spoiled)
Sandwiched between Wolves and Dark Tower (both roughly 28 hours), Song of Susannah felt like a deep dive in the shallow end. It was a fantastic romp through the Maine countryside, and New York giving us a new look at our beloved ka-tet in very familiar surroundings. With a fun visit to the creator's home, this was a too short of a great experience. With the aside at the end of the book taking off another chunk of time, I took one point off for leaving me wanting more ... too much more.
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