I've been reading SK for over a decade now and figured it was finally time to take a shot at The Dark Tower series. I just finished reading The Gunslinger, and I liked it much more than I expected. I've read over and over how many people don't particularly enjoy this first book, but I got really sucked into the story and world as much as I could.
I think the amount of foreshadowing and references to things we don't yet know or fully understand becomes a little overbearing and bogs the book down a bit / makes it harder to enjoy as a standalone story. I know that the Dark Tower books are not meant to be standalone stories, but I still think each book should hold up on their own.
Nonetheless, I greatly enjoyed The Gunslinger and I think the conversation between Roland and the Man in Black at the end of the book is one of the greatest things I've ever read.
I think the amount of foreshadowing and references to things we don't yet know or fully understand becomes a little overbearing and bogs the book down a bit / makes it harder to enjoy as a standalone story. I know that the Dark Tower books are not meant to be standalone stories, but I still think each book should hold up on their own.
Nonetheless, I greatly enjoyed The Gunslinger and I think the conversation between Roland and the Man in Black at the end of the book is one of the greatest things I've ever read.