Afterward I got excited because the group wanders through the setting of my favorite King book (so far) The Stand. The method of their salvation felt hackneyed, like something out of a kid’s tv show although that could have been the intent of King. The group begins on the train from hell, riddling for their lives. The beginning and ending of this book (minimally) advance the story of Eddie, Susannah, Jake, Oy, and Roland. Book four goes back to mainly just Roland in the midworld and for the bulk of the book I did not care about anything or anyone. Book three was the best one in the series, mixing the fantasy elements with the quartet of protagonists and ending on a thrilling train ride. Despite my dislike of the Odetta Walker character, once King got out of his fantasy landscape the stakes for the characters felt much higher. I read the first book, didn’t really care for it, but realized it was laying the ground work for this extensive undertaking and was willing to go along for the ride. Now that I’m four books in to Stephen King’s The Dark Towerseries, I can reflect my enjoyment of this series as a bell curve.
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