![]() ![]() There's zero supernatural or surrealness or really that much intrigue. I felt like all of a sudden, I put down a Stephen King novel and picked up some random author writing a fictional but somewhat accurate history of both the lead up to and the aftermath of the Vietnam war. ![]() But I just found it really uninteresting. The remaining short stories are all about the Vietnam era, which, if you're from that generation I can see how it may be appealing. I guess I'm the wrong audience/generation for the rest of the book. The first and longest of the stories (it's about 1/2 the book) is about the Low Men and gives you some cool background about them and a major character from the later DT books. In fact, if you've never read the Dark Tower series before, I'd suggest just reading it alone first, and then if, like me, you want to re-read it later and get your hands on anything and everything related to it (in more than just passing references, for example The Stand/Insomnia/Salem's Lot are hugely relevant whereas The Shining is more like easter eggs ). There's also some worth reading before you even start but none of them are necessary. ![]() I only got this to read between Dark Tower 4 and 4.5/5 as there's a few other books with pretty big ties to the Dark Tower series that are worth reading after book 4 (Salem's Lot, Insomnia, a few others). ![]()
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