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Summary: Rediscovering Stephen King
Review: I read the Gunslinger last week and now I have read The Drawing of the Three this week. This is very unusual for me because most of the books i read are Japanese or Chinese literature or Japanese history. I use to read Stephen King when i was younger, but put his books aside. However, I have rediscovered his books and I am enjoying his Dark Tower series immensely. Just good fun reading. In this book our hero Roland is awakened by a lobster like creature that eats off two of his fingers and his big toe. What away for a man like Roland to come to and end, no? Of course Roland does not die, but becomes seriously sick. He travels down the peach when he come to a door labelled the Prisonere as one of the man n black's tarot cards had said. Roland enters the door and finds himself in the mind of junky Eddie Dean. The story continues from there. Roland helps Eddie get through a drug smuggling deal that goeds bad, and eventually drags Eddie back to the beach. Roland brings back Odetta Holmes next. A very nice and pretty black woman, but who has withing her Detta Walker who hates all whites. The last is Jack Mort . . .Read for yourself how this turns out. I enjoyed this book a great deal, but i did like The Gunslinger more because it was set in Roland's world.
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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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