Book Reviews – Strictly Average

Wolves of the Calla: Book 5 of The Dark Tower series

February 28, 2019 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

Maybe next time she throws a plate, you’ll pay a bit more attention Wolves of the Calla, the fifth book in Steven King’s The Dark Tower epic, resumes shortly after the final events in Wizard and Glass. Since publication, there has been a short novella written between the two, The Wind through the Keyhole, that covers that time and will be discussed later. King took six years to continue the saga, but when he did continue, he resumed with a book that revitalized interest in a long-thought dead series. After surviving their latest encounter with Walter, the ka-tet resume

Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower Book Four

January 31, 2019 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

Even psychotic trains don’t like Dad jokes. Wizard and Glass, the fourth book in Steven King’s Dark Tower series, picks up immediately following the previous book, The Waste Lands, speeding over the monorail while trying to save themselves from a grisly end when the train reaches Topeka. They emerge victorious when Eddie shows Roland that nonsense can be anything but. Wizard really starts to meld the worlds of King’s works together, as the Topeka they arrive at is not the Topeka of Eddie, Susannah and Jake’s world. It is the Topeka of The Stand and is bereft of life from

The Waste Lands

November 1, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

The only thing worse than forgetting your past is having two of them The Waste Lands, book three of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, jumps ahead a little over a month following the events in The Drawing of the Three, allowing our ka-tet a chance to heal and recover from the events on the beach. It deals mainly with the paradox Roland created when he saved Jake from Jack Mort in the third doorway, and begins the travels of the group towards In-World. Told on two different worlds, Waste Lands‘ paradox comes into play because the gunslinger and Jake

The Drawing of the Three

October 25, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

A junkie, a crippled thief and a kid walk into a bar…. Stephen King’s second installment in The Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three, comes immediately after the events of The Gunslinger. Roland has palavered with the man in black and been given a glimpse of his future. Drawing continues to expand that future and brings Roland together with his ka-tet. Before he meets his companions, he has an unfortunate run-in with a lobster-like creature that cripples the gunslinger by removing two fingers from his right hand (and part of one toe.) This becomes infected, leaving the gunslinger