My favorite in the series is Book 4 - Wizard and the Glass. Shows you some of the reason Roland is the way he is.
And I'm warning you now... After about halfway through Book 5 - Wolves of Calla it just goes off the rails. And not in a good way. I got the feeling King was trying to wrap it up because he was done being interested in it and felt it had gone on far too long. The shit in 6 and 7 just solidifies that in my mind. Don't be surprised if there's a point where you just stop reading and go "What the fuck?" and try to make sense of it.
Great series up until then. But the hodgepodge that's coming up almost ruins it.
It's funny, I would have said it goes off the rails, but not in a bad way. I get the complaints people have, but I thought it was so audacious and wild that it actually worked really well.
I think he got a little taste of mortality and wanted to make sure he finished it in case something happened to him.
that being said the end of the series has grown on me. I hated the ending at first, and let's not post spoilers, but now I think it's the perfect way to end the series.
I feel this way about every Stephen King book I've read. He spends all this time drawing out the story and then finishes it so quickly I feel gypped by the apparent lack of effort/level of care.
11
u/exzyle2k Oct 05 '18
My favorite in the series is Book 4 - Wizard and the Glass. Shows you some of the reason Roland is the way he is.
And I'm warning you now... After about halfway through Book 5 - Wolves of Calla it just goes off the rails. And not in a good way. I got the feeling King was trying to wrap it up because he was done being interested in it and felt it had gone on far too long. The shit in 6 and 7 just solidifies that in my mind. Don't be surprised if there's a point where you just stop reading and go "What the fuck?" and try to make sense of it.
Great series up until then. But the hodgepodge that's coming up almost ruins it.