That used to be my favorite series..
The first 4 books are good. In fact, I liked the 4th one the best. Fifth one was ok, sixth one.. well, that kind of sucked in my opinion.
I really would have liked to have gotten more of the history when it was just Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain... but he kind of dropped that storyline.
On the other hand, I think he was only supposed to be late-20's in the first book, and he slept for 10 years or something in between books 1 and 2.. so I guess there is only around a 10-12 year gap between where book 4 ends and book 1 begins.
I actually preferred when he was making up Rolands world, as opposed to adapting NYC to the story.. I don't need to read about NYC, if I wanted to go there I'd drive.
Thats the way I look at it anyway. I'm still gonna get the last book when it comes out, even if it sucks (and it probably will). Gotta know how the story ends... I hope they all die
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