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A Goodreads user asked this question about The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3):
The demon rape sequence seems so out of place and not needed, does anyone think it adds anything to the book?
Saurio Saurio Well, more unnecesary is the annoying Oy. Really, I find it like the mascots of gangs of kids in Hanna-Barbera toons (Scooby Doo, the big walking shar…moreWell, more unnecesary is the annoying Oy. Really, I find it like the mascots of gangs of kids in Hanna-Barbera toons (Scooby Doo, the big walking shark, the talking buggy) or, I don't know, Pikachu.

I think the series doesn't need a Pikachu prancing around echoing whatever the other characters say in a "cute" talk.

The sex part? Fine with me. Weird, maybe, perhaps contradicting the first tome of the series, I don't know. Yes, I guess that the situation could have been handled in another way but maybe future books give us a reason of this gratuitous sexual encounter.(less)
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The Waste Lands
by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
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