A Torre Negra vs Wizard and Glass: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dark Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Fiction
A Torre Negra
“The Waste Lands is the third volume of a longer tale inspired by and to some degree dependent upon Robert Browning's narrative poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.”
Junto com Roland estão dois companheiros que ele levou consigo para esse universo: Eddie Dean, um ex-dependente químico, e Susannah, nova identidade da mulher que combina no mesmo corpo duas personalidades distintas. À…
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Wizard and Glass
[The Dark Tower][1] IV Part IV of an epic quest. Roland the Gunslinger and his followers have to contend with a sentient monorail intent on killing itself and taking them with it. While seeking to return to the Path of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Torre Negra is the quickest read — about 10 hours vs 17 for Wizard and Glass.
- Wizard and Glass has the widest readership — 226808 ratings behind its score.
- A Torre Negra runs the darker storyline; Wizard and Glass stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Torre Negra | Wizard and Glass | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (194931) | 4.3 (226808) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.2 (866) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (85) |
Reception
| A Torre Negra | Wizard and Glass | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 194931 | 226808 |
| Editions | 70 | 71 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 87415 | 79013 |
| Reading it now | 5459 | 7800 |
| Written reviews | 9223 | 9781 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 4396 |
| Pages | 576 | 928 |