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I tore through this book... Some of that is do to it's shorter length relative to all of the (later) Dark Tower books, but it was also a pretty engaging story that moved quickly.

Of all of the books in the series which I've read, this one felt like an episode more than a self-contained story. While, in the strictest terms the ending somewhat resolved the main plot, it also held the aftermath away from us. King seems to have acknowledged this in-text with several meta references to the cliffhanger "Blaine the Pain" ending of book 3. But there was very little lag time between the publishing of this book and the 'final' book in the series, so I don't think it's as frustrating this time around.

I'm looking forward to reading Book 7 and seeing how this train pulls into the station after decades of work.

Bought this in print, but ended up buying it again as an Audiobook for our trips to NJ and MI over the past month or two. It was great as an audiobook, even chapters that were mostly pictures had fun narration.. There was one chapter that was literally a list of songs, with no context, that was a bit of a drone, but other than that it was super fun and engaging. I look forward to skimming the book to see some of the illustrations when I get home.

I had a "standard" D&D redbox growing up, but I didn't regularly play until AD&D 2nd Edition. I knew little about 3rd, 3.5, or 4th edition, as I took a break from playing for ~25 years until learning 5th edition over the past year or two.

This visual history was a wonderful way to fill in some of the blanks of what came before and in the middle of 'my time' with the game.

This was quite good, though I don't have a clear take on how interesting it'd be for someone who wasn't already a fan of the band. While there are a few minor sections that feel like the author was trying to get a tad overscientific, for the most part it was well written and flowed great.

For a band with as complicated a history as FNM, he covered all of the various personnel changes with aplomb.

And don't let the "dates read" fool you, when I had attention to give this book I ate it up. It was a fast read (even if I didn't read if quickly).

This book worked for me much more than The Gunslinger did... I'm still not sure how much I like King as a writer, but i love his ideas and world. I'm definitely going to continue on to the next book, but I think I'll take a detour into something else to let it marinate a bit.

I've loved Cronenberg's film work, so it's probably no surprise that I enjoyed his first novel. What did surprise me is the feel of the book. There were times where this book felt like it could have lived in William Gibson's Bigend universe without being any kind of 'overt' ripoff. Of course, with Gibson being one of my favorite authors this speaks well for this book.

The ending did feel a touch incomplete for me, almost as if two characters were describing the ending to us in summary. But the book really captured my attention and the story was very compelling, so I can overlook this.

I'm not sure which came first, his short film "The Nest" from 2014 or the idea for this book, but they are very clearly related.