The Drawing of the Three

This review is for, I think, my third read of The Drawing of the Three. I've spent November re-reading a bunch of King's works, and am surprised at how nice it feels. Apart from the nostalgia—not so much for the times in which I read these at first, which were not good times, and these books were escapes from—there is the familiarity of the world and characters.

Just like my re-read of Duma Key, I found myself remembering things just before they happened, or picking up on things that I remember from later books I hadn't realized were being foreshadowed. I still have a sense of anticipation, suspense, as I read about Roland's sickness, Eddie's detox, and Susannah's emergence.

I only vaguely remember the first time I set down to read The Dark Tower. I got fed up around book 4 or 5. It took years for me to come back, restart, and ultimately finish the first time. I wondered if I'd ever read through it again. I used to never re-read books, but more and more I have a set of books that I really enjoy re-reading. I don't think The Dark Tower is a series that'll ever be annual for me, but I can see myself re-reading these every 5 or 10 years. The world is so rich and I love these characters.

Ka is a wheel, after all.