I see you are a fan of the Dark Tower. My wife who has been reading them as they came out over the years turned me onto it last summer. I read one after the other. I loved it. There are a couple parts I thought were weird, like the Emerald city bit, and maybe a lil too much ego in the later parts. Also the ending seemed a bit rushed.
Best book of the series in my opinion was Wizrads and Glass. Had that Eye of the Dragon feel to it, which is my favorite King book. Some day I'll return to that world and read em again. I just watched Hearts in Atlantis a few weeks back (read the book last summer too). I cant imagine anyone getting much out of that without first reading the Dark Tower series.
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