Now that I have read the series twice over and read plenty of other reviews and thoughts, I think it’s safe to say that readers generally agree this is where the story really kicks off. I’m so happy I did so I could make it to. I will never regret pushing forward to the end. Fortunately, my local library carried it (anyone else ever have a hard time finding book one in a series at a library?) and I decided to go forward. I’d made my first two attempts on the Kindle, so I opted for a hard copy to see if it helped. After I came across a review saying to “just make it past the first book” in The Dark Tower because “the payoff was worth it,” I decided to see if the third time would be the charm. The more familiar I became with him, the more I wanted to journey to The Dark Tower. More years went by, and I became something of a “Constant Reader” myself with plenty of other works by Stephen King. But still, I couldn’t seem to get into the first book. I let a few more years go by, thinking that perhaps I might have just been too young on my first go around.Īnd tried. I tried on my first go around with The Gunslinger. I didn’t know about the tie-in connection until later. At that time, I had only read one other Stephen King book, The Eyes of the Dragon. I had read reviews, and when I was first writing my own fantasy novel back in 2007, this series was still relatively “fresh” in its ending.Īmongst those reviews, I saw many people saying what I have in my introduction: “If you enjoy fantasy books, you must read The Dark Tower.”
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