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<blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 1614373" data-attributes="member: 8849">I've heard all kinds of praise for the Dark Tower books, but I just don't get it.&nbsp; The writing is often sloppy (compared to most of King's other books), I don't care for the characters (except Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain), but when I do, they annoy the hell out of me.&nbsp; The one thing that I really liked about the series was the setting, especially the western setting that made up The Gunslinger.&nbsp; The idea of reality decaying, doors opening into countless other worlds, post apocalyptic wastelands, and chivalric gun-totting knights in dusky desert towns is a beautiful idea.&nbsp; I love it, in fact I'd love to base a d20 Modern campaign around the idea.That said, I think you may want to read on.&nbsp; Book 2 The Drawing of the Three was my favorite in the series.&nbsp; Book 3 really sucks, but Book 4 isn't too bad.&nbsp; The Gunslinger was written over a period of 6 or so years and thus has a weird style compared to the others.&nbsp; It often contradicts information in the later books and the ending... the ending just plain made no sense.&nbsp; It took me a second read through of Book 1 to actually get the nerve to read Book 2.That's it, I'm done rambling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pants, post: 1614373, member: 8849"] I've heard all kinds of praise for the Dark Tower books, but I just don't get it. The writing is often sloppy (compared to most of King's other books), I don't care for the characters (except Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain), but when I do, they annoy the hell out of me. The one thing that I really liked about the series was the setting, especially the western setting that made up [i]The Gunslinger[/i]. The idea of reality decaying, doors opening into countless other worlds, post apocalyptic wastelands, and chivalric gun-totting knights in dusky desert towns is a beautiful idea. I love it, in fact I'd love to base a d20 Modern campaign around the idea. That said, I think you may want to read on. Book 2 [i]The Drawing of the Three[/i] was my favorite in the series. Book 3 really sucks, but Book 4 isn't too bad. [i]The Gunslinger[/i] was written over a period of 6 or so years and thus has a weird style compared to the others. It often contradicts information in the later books and the ending... the ending just plain made no sense. It took me a second read through of Book 1 to actually get the nerve to read Book 2. That's it, I'm done rambling. [/QUOTE]

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