As much as I have enjoyed this series up to this point, never did I think the fourth installment could utterly desolate my mind so. This book will satisfy all those backstory junkies that have been suffering these last few books. 
 Being extremely weak, as we all can be at times, I ended up reading the comics before finishing the books like I ought to. My library got all of them. Since people steal them, rude as they are, so when they're gone that's all she wrote. 
 Needless to say I spoiled a lot! The comics don't follow the pattern of the books and end up chronologically telling Roland's story. I was afraid that my knowledge of this would spoil the book for me. Turns out the writer did not do Mr. King justice. 
 Just wow! What an emotional roller coaster of a book. This has become a favorite that I can't wait to read again.