• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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      They end fine. Genuinely, read the first book, and read the last chapter of the last book. Ignore everything else.

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        8 months ago

        Imagine actually suggesting missing out on the height of Stephen King’s mescaline era.

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          8 months ago

          His cocaine era was his best era. That being said, I did enjoy many of the Dark Tower books, but only as standalone books and not for what they contributed to the series overall, which was a large mess of half thought-out needlessly over-explained medley of what I can only summarize as pure narcissism.

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            8 months ago

            The man managed to insert his own car accident three times in the series. This dude really needs therapy.

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              8 months ago

              He also tried to bind his universe to Harry Potter, Star Wars, and even Spiderman.