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Summary: The Tower's Review
Review: I think The Drawing of the Three was a good book. It was very long, explicit, and informative. I like how the gunslinger never gave up and had a lot of good strategies. I also liked how far Roland could see and how his sickness never stopped him from getting to his "stupid tower" as Eddie Dean called it. I suggest if you read this book prepare for a ton of swearing but trust me, it's worth it. Also if you are young when you happen to read this, ask you parent for some help with the words you dont understand.
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Summary: Disgusting yet Intriguing
Review: Stephen King is an amazing author; he captivates me with his details and characters. I was really amazed by how intriguing this second book was, for most books second in the series are not as well written as the first. The Drawing of the Three, though disgusting, was a book that kept me reading (or at least until the bell rang for class). The doors mark an entrance for a new wave of emotions and people. Eddie Dean is my favorite character because he shows courage and love that never gives up (which I think is a good characteristic that people should have). I didn't really have any inspirational feelings but I think that I will continue to read the preceding books and chapters of the Dark Tower series. If you haven't started them and you like horror, suspense, and (if you have a weak stomach) losing your lunch, than I recommend this book for you.
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Summary: Best fantasy since Tolkien.
Review: The Dark Tower -series is one of King's most important works.
I fell in love with that insane idea of doors standing on their own on beach. The doors are pathways between Roland's world and our's.
This was the first book I read from the series and got hooked immediately.
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Summary: Nut Gathering
Review: As book two in the Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three introduces two (three) new major characters, Eddie, a heroin junkie, and Odetta/Detta, a split personality black lady who has lost both her legs in an 'accident' with a subway train. Each is one of the companions foretold by Walter at the end of The Gunslinger in the Tarot card session. They come from our world of New York City, brought to Roland's world via mysterious Doors. When Roland goes through one of these doors, he ends up inside the minds of these people. As a continuation of the quest for the Dark Tower, this falls right on the standard formula: 1. Define goal/enemy (The Gunslinger) 2. Gather useful companions (this book) 3. Travel endlessly through many strange and wondrous realms (The Wastelands). Whether the rest of the books in the series will continue on this standard pattern I don't know, but in any case their readability depends far more on King's spin on this type of tale than any specific plot element. King defines his new characters quite well. Eddie especially comes across as a very real person, with perfectly understandable fears and motivations. The Odetta/Detta combination is a little weaker, mainly because as 'halves' of one person each character is somewhat of a caricature. The melded personality of Susannah that appears at the end of the book promises to be a more well-rounded character. But other than these good characters, the book is almost wholly placed in our world. We learn very little new about Roland and his world, and as this was the major attraction of The Gunslinger, I found that I didn't like this one as much. It was also marred somewhat by a set of near-impossible coincidences that weren't really necessary, and the trigger for melding the Odetta/Detta character did not seem wholly believable. The 'lobstrosities' that open the book were different, but they didn't add anything to the story other than clipping a couple of the Gunslinger's fingers and a toe. This seemed to be merely a plot device to make all the travelling companions crippled in some manner, but so far King has not made much of this thematic idea. Obviously a necessary book in the entire series, with some nicely drawn characters, but without a lot of the spine-tingling mystery of the first book.
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Summary: Not King's best...
Review: I love Stpehen King's books. I like to get first ed, and get them the day the come out. But as for The Dark Tower books so far...UG!
The Drawing of the Three is a smidge better then The Gunsliger...but not by much. I found this book to be very dull and the char are thin at best. They have no developement, not like King's other books.
This is the story of the last gunslinger (I just love that name :O) ) and how he builds his team in search of The Dark Tower. I found this book to be slow to read...it's like I was walking through mud. The only reason i want to read the seires, is that his next book (The Black House) makes references to this series and I want to keep up with what's going on.
I'd say read this book if you want to, but only if you want to.
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Summary: Aaargh
Review: Growing up, I read every book King wrote in his early career; and loved them all. This is supposedly his "masterpiece". Unfortunately, it felt like required reading in high school. Ponderous, difficult, over-bearing and (frankly) boring. This is a visceral, personal reaction. Based on the other reviews, many may like it. I habitually read for pleasure. Books that are relatively easy on the intellect, and this book isn't. I have enough mental challenges in the real world. If you want escapist fiction, this may not be right for you. An analogy; its like being at a business dinner in Asia, eating a delicacy that tastes aweful. All the locals at the table are treasuring the feast, and you're fighting to keep your gurge down.
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Summary: This is where the story really begins
Review: This is where the quest for the Dark Tower really picks up. Roland is attacked on the beach by "lobstrosities" who clip off two of his fingers and leave him with an infection that threatens to kill him. Roland must draw his three, meaning three people that will join him on his quest for the Dark Tower. To do this, he must travel this beach until he comes across three doors, through which he enters, get this, people's minds in our world. He can pull these people in their physical bodies, back into his world where they join him. This novel is out there, but so is the dark tower itself. The mystery of what it represents should be enough to pull readers back into Roland's world page after page and book after book. Another must read.
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Summary: The Vegan Triumph--Satisfaction Without Any Meat
Review: This is another of the Stephen King volumes that I've reread a couple of times, and rarely is his storytelling capacity equalled or exceeded than in his Dark Tower books. Such is the case with this novel. The Drawing of the Three is engaging and entertaining--the story is well planned and well told, and all things considered, as a simple, relaxing read this is a fine volume. If you're in search of deeper meaning, I'd suggest you try one of King's other novels--The Stand and Desperation are both excellent examinations of Christian faith, for example--because there is little literary meat to be had in this story. That is of little concern to me, however, as King's voice and his storytelling prowess shine through. Strongly recommended to anybody interested in fantasy literature, and a good book for any avid reader.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book was wonderful. I liked it better then The Gunslinger. However, III and IV are even better! Books I and II are needed to set up the plot and do some character development. But I must admit I didn't really start to like Roland until the 3rd book. Even then, Eddie was my favorite character. The 4th book really got me hooked on Roland as a character though. Have fun, this is a great series! :-)
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Summary: Three more to be four on the quest
Review: This second volume of the Dark Tower series is essential because it sets up the team of people who are going to start the pilgrimage to the Dark Tower itself. These three people are extracted from our real world by the Gunslinger, Roland, who crosses the limit between his world and our world to choose the three companions he needs, to build up a group of four (an essential number in Stephen King's books). First a young teenager who is able to see a red rose in an abandoned lot in New York. He has the imagination of children and he believes in what he sees in his inner eye and hence has the power of childhood, a power that can transform the world. The second is a heroin junkie who is extracted from our world and has to go through a withdrawing period in his new environment, and this period is very difficult for his companions but also very instructive for the readers, and especially young readers, who discover how ugly such an addiction can be or become in some conditions. The third is a black woman who has been crippled in the subway by some criminal who threw her on the tracks in front of a train and she has lost her legs. So she is in a wheelchair. She is very bitter about the world, crime, and her handicap, and here again there is a heavy pedagogical value in this character because we discover how her new « mission » liberates her from her bitterness. This black character is also one of the very first fully developed black characters in Stephen King's books, and as such is a sign of an evolution that will be amplified in later books. All these characters have to learn how to survive in this strange and decaying world in which they are precipitated. This book, like the other volumes of this Dark Tower series, should be heavily recommended to a younger audience. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU,Paris Universities II and IX.
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