𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟯𝟳
I've reached the end of Song of Susannah. I remember speed-reading through this when it first came out, but I don't remember it being this good!
It's making me eager to get to the last book, but for now, I'm going to savor these last two sections in the Dixie Pig (which is one of the most hellish and nightmarish scenes King has ever portrayed!).
𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺: 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘬.
“𝘠𝘦𝘴,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
“𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!” 𝘔𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯…” 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴.
"Mia's Megrims" - now THERE'S a band name for ya.
megrim: fancy, whim
“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵,” 𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥, “𝘐’𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. ” 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯.
𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥.
This is a rather shitty maternity ward!
𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵; 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘖 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢), 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
Mia (Dark Tower) Origins - Stephen King's Most Complex Female Character, Who Is A Monstrous Mother
https://youtu.be/yGjSjMjEHjY
𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘝𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦-𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘴!
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵!
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘖 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭,
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴.
𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘖𝘕𝘚𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦-𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘴,
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥;
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥;
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵.
And with that, the story ends for now. I will formally finish reading the book over the next two days with a rather lengthy "Coda" from the author.
I am now 94% of the way through Song of Susannah.
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