Hmm, three stars? Four stars? Three stars? Four stars? What to do... what to do?

Well, it wasn't anything like I expected, put it that way. But then again, my only REAL exposure to The Dark Tower was that Idris Elba movie. Whom I see every time I picture The Gunslinger.

But the book's nothing like the movie. At least, the FIRST book is nothing like the movie. I think the whole of the first book probably fits into, maybe, the first 30 seconds of the movie.

It's very "stream-of-consciousness". Especially in the beginning. There are times when I skimmed, or when my eyes just glazed over. Which is a bad thing, because this is the kind of book where you really have to pay attention. Towards the end, it starts to come together, and I felt myself being drawn in, and actually starting to care about the characters.

In the one hand, the person who wrote this is not the Stephen King I've come to know and love. On the other, he's EXACTLY the Stephen King I've come to know and love.

This is a difficult book to pin down. I guess I'll read one more instalment. Just to see.