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Song of Susannah
First published 2004 · 1009 pages
A frantic, meta-fictional race against time where the boundaries between creator, creation, and reality begin to violently collapse.
What it feels like
Reading this penultimate installment feels like hurtling down a steep hill with no brakes. The narrative is frantic and splintered, plunging you into a dread-soaked atmosphere where the stakes are both apocalyptic and deeply personal. It is a jarring, uncanny experience as the story bleeds into reality, shattering the fourth wall to explore the very nature of fiction and the heavy burden of destiny. The prose retains its gritty, mythic drawl but takes on a feverish urgency as the characters race through different eras of our world. It will delight readers who love ambitious, genre-bending epics and do not mind a story that gets weird, meta, and unapologetically dark as it sets the stage for a final crescendo.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- frantic
- uncanny
- apocalyptic
- Tone
- urgent
- meta-fictional
- surreal
- gritty
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- fractured identity · loss of bodily autonomy · the nature of creation · burden of destiny · sacrifice
- The writing
- A blend of gritty, conversational realism and mythic vernacular, heightened by a feverish, meta-fictional urgency.
- The arc
- Begins in frantic desperation as the group splinters, escalating into a surreal, dread-fueled race against time that culminates in a breathless cliffhanger.
- Who it's for
- Devoted readers of epic, genre-bending fantasy who relish high-stakes tension and do not mind the fourth wall being violently shattered.
Content notes
- loss of bodily autonomy
- pregnancy trauma
- graphic violence
- racial slurs
- suicide
About the book
Susannah, now pregnant, has yet another taking control of her. The demon-mother, Mia, uses Susannah and Black Thirteen to transport to New York City of 1999. Jake, Oy, and Pere Callahan must rescue Susannah while Eddie and Roland transport to the Maine of 1977. A vacant lot in New York is the prize that must be saved and ties these together.
Description from Open Library.
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