A quick question

[thebitterguy]

Last night, while visiting the MPL on my way home to drop off a couple books, I returned a couple books and picked up The Long Halloween (it just seemed so appropriate).

On my way out, I saw that the first four Dark Tower books were available in the "we had these donated but already had copies" pile for fifty cents each. So, since I had a toonie in my pocket, I figured I'd go for it.

So: Did I make a horrible mistake?

Comments

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

Your guess is basically correct. The first one is so good, and written in an un-King style that makes it even better (I'm not a fan of his style), but the next two are weaker, though still very interesting. The fourth picked up again, but gave the main character a childhood, and a background, and a past, all things of which I sorta would've preferred not to know. I preferred him as he was in the first couple: An anomaly, driven by who-knows-what, but cool as Hell, like The Man With No Name in the Fist Full of Dollars movies. They remain King's best writings, either way.