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Originally Posted by tecweston
I'm a big Stephen King fan but I couldn't even finish The Dark Tower. It gets real awful after book three. Here's how I'd rate them:
The Gunslinger: B
The Drawing of the Three: A-
The Waste Lands: A
Wizard and Glass: B-
Wolves of the Calla: C
Song of Susannah: D- (only read half of this but bleh)
And I didn't read any of book 7. If you don't like the first two books, I wouldn't recommend continuing at all. It just gets worse.
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Heh, Heh. I guess it depends on what you like. Here is what I would have rated them:
The Gunslinger: B
The Drawing of the Three: B+
The Waste Lands: B-
Wizard and Glass: A
Wolves of the Calla: A
Song of Susannah: C
The Dark Tower (7th): D . Yeah it was really bad, but "what was in the tower" and what it represented was a real surprise.
For me the turning point was Wizard and Glass. Really, it should have been the first of the 7 books, not the 4th. Because it explained the Gunslinger's childhood and coming of age. And it did have the romantic element, if you like that stuff. I also liked Wolves of the Calla a lot - very unusual story line.