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There are two reasons that might explain this, the first being that a year had passed since I had finished The Waste Lands and much momentum had been lost, and much that had happened had been forgotten. The first three books, The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three and The Waste Lands I found brilliant but have to be honest and admit that Wizard and Glass, on first read, was not a great experience. ![]() ![]() This is my fourth pass and it is a series that just keeps giving and giving. If books are judged solely by their re-readability value then the Dark Tower books must be up there at the very top. ![]() ![]() Stine invented the teen horror genre with Fear Street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. But if she stays, she might lose control. Someone found out about the awful things her powers made her do. But someone in Shadyside discovered Felicia's secret. Nobody here would know about her dark powers. 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