I finished the second of the books in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three and it was quite good, better than the first I think. Here Roland is joined by companions, but as in the first book, things are not always what they seem and nothing is obvious or clear cut. Roland himself is also expanding and evolving as he "draws" his companions. Everyone in this book as a long way to go on their quest and this does not involved just the physical journey.
As you know I get well wrapped up in a good story, and this is a good story. It is also complicated and thought provoking, modern and archetypal all at once. I am not going to discuss the plot, it is a straightforward quest, but as in all quests there are many subplots, distractions, and sink-holes along the way. I do love the way Roland’s course, and the lives of his companions are all inter-related, even though they do not yet know this, and all quests merge into the one quest. And yet, we don’t really yet know what that quest is, even though we have an inking of this, after all they are seeking the "dark tower". But what is the dark tower? Where will the journey take them? Why are these people chosen? Is there redemption from the choices we make in life? There are no obvious answers to these questions, just as there are no obvious answers in life.
Leave it to me to take a simple fictional story and start pondering metaphysics.
Needless to say it is a good book and an enjoyable read. But there are no easy answers and no easy escape here.