Though it took its fair time to get hooked in, I quite enjoyed Gunslinger. In fact appreciated it to such a level that I was ready to let go of 11.22.63. But now I feel like having committed a conscious act of damnation. This one was plain right boring and pointlessly shallow for a serious premise set by the predecessor. 
 And the guy who said stuff like " Pride - invisible bone that keep the neck stiff " , went all drowsy lazy like malaria stricken hero in FarCry 2. 
 Lobstrosity? Mortcypedia? Detta/Odetta? Susannah ? Reference to his own movie The Shining? 
 I am still not sure which were puns and which weren't or if nothing were. And the remaining fat books are laughing at me from the shelf. 
 Will give 2 stars and draw 3 letters for this installment- 
 m e h