So i started the dark tower many years ago and stopped in the middle of this volume, it was a bit slow walking and i was more interested in roland and his ka tet than i was in hearing a back story, so fast forward about 3 years later i started over the entire series, i got through the first three very fast, within about 2 or 3 weeks i was back to this one and again was finding it hard to get through, i forced it along and let me tell you it picks up and gets very good, im just about halfway through and cant put it down!!! I love this series and look forward to escaping to mid world every night, i already know i am going to be so sad before its over!!! By the way do you guys think after this i should read part 5 or should i read wind through the key hole after this, does it contain any spoilers at all or just more back story??