Wizard And Glass

A man can admire a brick wall - the craftsmanship and effort that goes into building it, the quality of the brickwork, the shelter and privacy it provides once it's built.

It's hard to admire a brick wall when you're about to careen into it, though, and that's what Wizard and Glass felt like. The beginning was excellent, the ending fantastic, and by itself the flashback part, telling the story of teenaged Roland and his beloved Susan, was interesting. But dropping a 500-page flashback into the middle of your novel - one that even the other characters interrupt and complain about the length of - completely kills the momentum of the story. Here's to hoping the next book gets back on track.