Excellent Read...part of box set.

A good continuation of the epic. I agree that it ends rather arbitrarily, but I will survive. My copy is the 1st printing of the edition and has a different cover from the one PBS shows now. My cover shows an old steam locomotive.

I loved the entire series, very good writing and not as scary as regular King novels.

Long book and I got a bit stalled toward the middle. However, it did pick up speed at the end.

King's third volume on Roland the gunfighter's search for the Dark Tower. Roland has two companions on his quest for the tower at the portal of all the worldsp. 53 : Susannah Dean and Eddie Dean, who entered his world from New York City of 1963 and 1987, When the three track down the den of a 70-foot-tall cyborg bear, they are pointed down a path leading to the Tower. But Roland is slowly going mad, a fact that seems linked to his past experiences with Jake Chambers, a boy who died twicestet ital in the first book of the series. Jake reappears here, displaying great resilience in crossing over from 1977 New York City to join Roland & Co

The Dark Tower 111

Continuing saga of the Gunslinger series.

An excellent continuation of the first two books in the series.
Needs to be read in order to fully understand the story.
This is book #3.

the Gunslinger moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams and nightmares

MY OPINION
I was a bit disappointed with this book because I really liked the second better. For me, there was a bit too much "I don't know how I know but I know" stuff. I know this a part of the story, some force (the Tower, maybe?) is drawing them all closer and making them do things, but I felt like King wanted or needed a bunch of stuff to happen and didn't really know how to make it happen so he just had the characters "Just know" what needs to be done. I understand this concept but there was A WHOLE LOT OF IT in this book. It took away some of the excitement for me because I knew at anytime they can get out of any situation because of the "I just know how" thing. The beginning started off really strong but the last 40 pages just dragged on for me. I was thinking "just get over with already so I can find out what happens". The end played out like some twisted, demented Wizard of Oz which would have been cool, but I was getting bored. Luckily the book ended on a real cliff-hanger that immediately made me pick up the fourth book. I hope the series continues the strong storytelling I felt during the second book.

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