Another check mark for me as I make my way back through all of the Dark Tower related content that dear Uncle Stevie has produced over the years. I’m happy to report that this one was a bit of a pleasant surprise. After being slightly disappointed by my re-read of The Talisman earlier this year, I wasn’t exactly excited about starting its sequel, Black House. I have a vague memory of reading it when it was first published, and pretty much thinking it was a mess. All […]
A spoiler free story about my journey to the Dark Tower
Wow!!! But before I get into the real review, I must discuss my 2015. Feel free to skip ahead but you’ll miss out on the ride. I decided to read the Dark Tower series last year. I set my ambitions high and planned to read the entire DT universe and all books that tied in to the series. I counted 27 of those books and I thought that I would have a very Stephen King year. I was not a fan of Stephen King before, […]
“Ka was like a wheel, it’s one purpose to turn and in the end it always came back to the place where it had started.”
Stephen King first published The Gunslinger in 1982. I probably read it for the first time in about 1990 or so, and I’ve been reading and re-reading these Dark Tower books ever since. Because ka is like a wheel, and I really can’t do anything about that, can I? I was nearing the end of my most recent re-read (see my reviews of all the other books), and suddenly found that I simply couldn’t read the second half of The Dark Tower again. If you’ve read it, you know what […]
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