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As much as I enjoyed the first book in this series, there really is a vast improvement in King’s writing in this book. Something I have always appreciated about King is his ability to write characters so freaking well. I know that’s like the job of an author but seriously - the people he writes feel so real. Anyway, now my husband can bother me about when I’ll finish the 3rd book in the series I've been thinking about reading this book for years. After 3 different false starts I finally finished it and am glad I did. It feels very different from other King novels but it is well written and engaging. The world of the story is intriguing and I am excited to begin the next book this is the year I make a dent in my king collection. no reviews | add a review
Is contained inThe Dark Tower, Books 1-3: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and The Waste Lands by Stephen King The Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set by Stephen King (indirect) Has as a concordanceHas as a student's study guideAwards
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HTML:The second volume in Stephen King's #1 bestselling Dark Tower Series, The Drawing of the Three is an "epic in the making" (Kirkus Reviews) about a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. "Stephen King is a master at creating living, breathing, believable characters," hails The Baltimore Sun. Beginning just less than seven hours after The Gunslinger ends, in the second installment to the thrilling Dark Tower Series, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New Yorkâ??here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean, and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes, to save the Dark Tower. "This quest is one of King's best...it communicates on a genuine, human level...but is rich in symbolism and allegory" (Columbus Sunday Dispatch). It is a science fiction odyssey that is unlike any tale that Stephen King has ever writt No library descriptions found. |
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On my first trip to the Tower, in high school, I only made it partway through Wizard and Glass, the fourth book, before I fell from my metaphorical beam. With my start to reading novels again this year, I resolved myself to see the series through to its conclusion and climb the Tower for myself.
This book is the second step on the way, a step I had already climbed once, and perhaps the going was easier and quicker because of it. I seem to recall that when I first read this book, in high school, it took me a week and a half; this time, it took me only four days. I can't say whether that bodes well or poorly for the rest of the journey, but like Roland, I see no reason to stop - *ka* is *ka*, and what will be, will be. Money talks and bullshit walks, and this time I remember the face of my father.
Five stars, and a permanent place on my shelf with the rest of the series. ( )