The Drawing Of The Three: The Dark Tower Part II (1987)

The Drawing of the Three is the continuation of the Stephen King story "The Gunslinger" and is the second of eight parts in the "Dark Tower" series.

The story once again follows Roland Deschain on his quest to find the Dark Tower. After the events of the first book, Roland awakens to find himself being attacked by what he deems to be a "lobstrosity" a large, vicious beast resembling a lobster. Due to the attack, Roland loses two fingers, part a toe and has been poisoned. This forces him to race against time to not only find a cure to his ailment, but to discover the three doors that will help lead him to the Tower.

Another great book by King. The beginning of the book kind of threw me for a loop but it quickly got right into the action taking my attention away from the starting events. Throughout most of the book I was easily kept entertained and was unable to put the book down. There was however a section that dragged on for me, for those of you's who have read it or plan on reading it that portion would be in "The lady of shadows".

Most of the characters introduced throughout the novel are very well developed and mostly all very likable.

Though it is very action packed, the story line does not progress very much as they are using this part of the series to introduce a few very important characters, each in great detail.

I did not like this entry as much as the first due to the progression, but I understand that if you're going to have such a long series it's good to build up your important characters early on to avoid any questions the reader may have, With that being said I give The Drawing of the Three 7 out of 10.

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Book Review: The Gunslinger 1982

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger is a 1982 novel written by Stephen King and is the first in the Dark Tower series of which there are currently 8 books.

The novel follows Roland, the last gunslinger as he is on the hunt for the "Man in Black" who has been evading him for years. Through his journey, we are introduced to various unique characters who help Roland progress towards his goal of finding the "Man in Black" as well as flashbacks explaining how Roland has gotten to where he is today.

Dark Tower series displays a different side of King's work as it includes a variety of genres and could be looked at as more of a fantasy novel along the lines of The Lord of the Rings.

Since I have started reading the series I have been unable to put it down. I have loved the use of all the characters introduced and how King has incorporated the flashbacks in order to give Roland a solid background which has shown the reader how he has gained the heart and toughness he displays throughout his travels.

Some parts of the book are a little bit confusing as the time hops sometimes happen randomly jumping from the present, Roland's childhood and a few weeks prior of the present and back but if you keep reading till the end you can easily reconstruct the story in your mind to piece it all together in the proper timeline order.

I would easily suggest this series to anybody. From what I have seen in some of the future books thus far has been a few slower than average chapters. These are typically used to build up newly introduced characters but do not let it derail you from following through with the book as when the action scenes come in you will not want to put it down at all,

With that being said I loved this novel and give it a 9 out of 10.

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