The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower - Stephen King

The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower - Stephen King: A good read! (168 words)
by stellaandjoey - written on 29.01.08 (Useful, 50 readings)
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The dark tower. The gunslinger. The first part of the dark tower series is 'The gunslinger'. The story is set in a fantasy world about 'Roland of Gilead' the last of the gunslingers. The hero is on a quest to find the mysterious dark tower whilst also hunting 'The man in black', who you don't get introduced to until near the end. On his quest 'The gunslinger' meets other strange and wonderful characters which make the book more readable, one of them being 'Jake' a kid from New York, who finds himself in this strange world. Although i thought the book was fantastic it seemed at times the story wasn't progressing, but towards the end it picked up again and i couldn't ...

Roland Of Gilead (1738 words)
by I Like Blue - written on 07.12.05 (Very useful, 1765 readings)
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Although quite an avid reader of Stephen King stories over the years I have to admit, like others, I was a late arrival to the Dark Tower epic. I'm not really sure why I kind of avoided this story either. I think it may have been a combination of things including thinking that King had started to lose his touch, I thought I would never find the time to commit my time to reading and continue reading such an epic and quite simply at the time it just didn't appeal to me. About 6 months ago or thereabouts however, Waterstones were having one of their regular 3 for 2 offers and as I was lacking in inspiration or motivation to read anything else I decided to buy ...

The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower - Stephen King: The first steps on a long road. (1304 words)
by sandemp - written on 12.11.05 (Very useful, 434 readings)
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Before I start the review proper, I'm going to let you in on the (not so) secret fact, that I am a huge fan of the works of Stephen King, and have read almost everything he has ever written (including some non-fiction). After reading that statement, you might be surprised that until this month I had never managed to read any of the books in the Dark Tower series. But it's true, I'm not really sure why I hadn't, I suppose part of it is that I like my books to be as self-contained as possible, and another part was that the series isn't actually complete as yet. However, the main reason was that I was very reluctant to pay the asking price of £6.99 for this, the first, ...