got the notion to read the dark tower books last month. read up to 3 (waste lands) 20 years ago. remember liking that one.
first book bored me.
second one (drawing of the three) is just starting to entertain a bit 40% in. ganbatte, book.
hoping the long-term investment is worthwhile.
this is a pretty common thing for me, i hear people rave about something and try it for myself, only to completely fail to feel engaged.
major example, i thought the silo / wool series was awful. it's known that the author paid for many of his amazon reviews, but i even had a friend recommend the series.
i wonder if my taste is just different from most. seems very choosy.
@alyx The beauty of books is that there is a story or series for everyone.
I liked The Dark Tower series. The books also tie in to other books by Stephen King. Almost all of his books are connected in some small way.
@ThatDamnCat yeah. as a pre-teen/early teen i was quite the king fan. loved the stand (long version), IT, waste lands, short stories (the sun dog!) etc. (needful things was ok. hated tommyknockers).
i stopped being so into him around 1992's dolores claiborne, which was decent, but after that i drifted away. i felt his quality decreased but perhaps it was my tastes changing. or maybe that he quit drugs.
i still think i should read the two peter straub books, talisman and black house. hear they're cool.
@ThatDamnCat no, i always wrote off barker as a lesser talent, probably not the most informed opinion. i will google that!
i have one barker book on my computer that's bound for my kindle, the thief of always
I can't recall if I read TToA or not. Seems familiar.
I had another book of his, Damnation Game, that I also liked but it was kinda bloody and bothered my mom when I let her try and read it.
Imajica was by far my favorite of his works that I read.
@ThatDamnCat yeah the imajica wikipedia (skimmed, i am wary of their spoilers) made it sound pretty rad. definitely checkin' it out. thanks for the rec!
@alyx
I read Talisman when it came out and liked it. I haven't read Black House but I can say I liked The Talisman, and really I'd like to read it again as that was so long ago.
I read the other books you mentioned. Tommyknockers did have a kinda WTF ending.
If you were a teen, I'd bet it was tastes changing. I know mine changed a lot around that time, too.
Ever read Imajica by Clive Barker? Can recommend.