It’s tightly written, and I can’t find any faults with it. Honestly, this is really the start of the series for me since it creates a true mythology and introduces the time hopping element that would become so crucial to the rest of the series. In this book, Roland finds multiple doors to New York into different time periods, and he goes on little adventures through each door. We meet Eddie Dean and Susannah, Roland gets his fingers bitten off by a “lobstrosity” and the stakes never let up. It’s also my favorite Stephen King novel of all time. Not only is The Drawing of the Three my favorite Dark Tower novel. The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower Book #2) Have you ever heard of peak Nic Cage? Well, this is peak Stephen King, and by God. Because this is by far the craziest book in the series, and for that reason, I adore it. And Stephen King also throws himself in the story for good measure, because why not?īut while a lot of fans can’t stand how crazy this story got, it actually intrigued me all the more for how audacious it all was. I remember reading this book on a plane and rubbing my head wondering if I was reading all of this correctly.

Oh, and they also battle with lightsabers and the snitches from Harry Potter. And not just any robots, but robots that look like Dr. And then Roland and his Ka-tet fight the Wolves, but they’re not really wolves at all. In a nutshell, The Ka-tet are being followed, and they find out that it’s by this group that call themselves Wolves. I mean, I don’t even know how to explain the plot. Okay, so this is usually the book where a lot of readers just totally give up on the series, and I get it. We’ll have to wait for more details about this to come out before we can make any judgments.2. Would another entry in the series go the same route? Rather, it was more of a self-contained world building effort as opposed to a continuation of the main arc. Though it was set within the main story’s continuity, it didn’t really have any impact on the primary plot. King has already returned to the series once after its conclusion, with 2012’s The Wind Through The Key Hole. There’s also the question of what a new Dark Tower book would even cover. In terms of mainstream attention, the screen adaptation hurt the overall brand. But will anyone outside of die-hard King fans be excited? As we already mentioned, The Dark Tower movie was a flop ( even if Sony was right to give it a shot) and the upcoming prequel TV show-said to be a direct adaptation of Wizard and Glass-is currently in limbo. The author says succinctly, “Yes, I think that might happen.” No, that isn’t a guarantee of any sorts, but it does mark the first time in years that King has opened the door to the possibility.

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