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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I've only read Dark Tower 1 & 2 so far. How do the rest compare to 1 & 2?
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Since I really liked the series, I am not sure how valid my judgement is.
Book 1 - I liked but ....it was a bit odd. I cannot say I really loved it. It was OK, decent.
Book 2/3 - I liked a lot.
Book 4 - is a bit different but very good.
After that I have decided to re-read book 1 and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I understood it a lot better than when I read it for the first time. I believe that the main reason is that in book 4 we learn a lot about Ronald's past. How it all started.
Now we have come to a moot point.
Books 5,6 and 7 are considered to be a total disaster and rubbish by many readers who liked the first 4 books.
I understand some of the issues the readers have with the series, although I liked the books anyway.
People say that the whole Book 5 is unnecessary because it is a side story that doesn't contribute to the main story line. However, I disagree with this point of view. Almost everyone who disliked book 5, loved book 4. But book 4 is also a side story (even love story). Could be fit in 100 pages of concise descriptions of what happened and that's it. I liked all of them.
Book 6 is even more controversial....because King himself appears in the story. Many fans didn't forgive him this blander? or nice trick? I didn't have this problem. I had a few difficult moments to cope with it but it was quickly over. There are so many books when a story is related by protagonist who actively participated in the events related in the story and later wrote a book about it. I see no problem with it. I just pretended I don't remember that
King is the real writer who actually wrote the book I am reading right now
Book 7.
Many people hated the ending. I loved it. Brilliant final. As King said himself, it could not be any different. Unpredictable, very original.
Some people say: Why did he introduce this character? or another one? They do not contribute to the story blah blah blah....
I don't understand how people who read fiction/dark fantasy genre can criticise any fiction story in this way and enjoy the genre. I don’t have enough skill to explain myself. I can only try to. When I read a fantasy book, I never ever question why this author introduced this particular character. For me, story is a story. I don’t look at it as a fiction story written by a next door neighbour. I read a story. It is not for me or anyone else to decide what happens in the story and who is participating in it. If I looked at it as if it is a novel written by a real life person whose imagination invented this world, it would ruin the whole atmosphere of the imaginary world where I live when I read a book. When I read a book I live in this world and the book is like a papyrus I have found somewhere and I read a real story that happened long time ago somewhere in this or another world…..
I loved the series
P.S. Too many words for me
