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Reading this volume, it struck me that Stephen King really didn't know fully the depth and strain of the story he was writing as he wrote The Gunslinger. Not to say I don't still love that part of the story too, because I do. It is just that with The Drawing of the Three, the story takes a completely different direction and has a totally different vibe.There was one specific passage I really liked:No, sugar was not cocaine, but Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.It just struck me that, to someone of Roland's background, sugar WAS something addictive like cocaine would be to someone in our world, relatively speaking. Interesting thought.I can already tell I'm really going to like Eddie Dean. He comes a long way in this story from where we met him throwing up in an airplane bathroom.As for Odetta/Detta...I was really annoyed by that block of the story, honestly. I even thought I might have to knock the rating down some. But once I finished the book, I saw that section for what it was - a means to an end, and I can appreciate that. (I'm trying to explain how I feel about it without too many spoilers, sorry if I'm vague.)So, two volumes down, five to go!And the tower is closer.