found the dark tower series very throw away andy the first book was a real strugle it was like steven king trying to do a poor mans jon shannow but chucking every trick in the book at itI will go back and read Angels and Demons, it just felt far too similar as I'd just finished reading Da Vinci Code at the time.
I'm not a huge fan of King's in general, although I did love The Stand and The Dark Tower series is awesome so far (I'm up to book 4) but it's not particularly similar to his usual work.
all thats true unless i have my books muddled