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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Stephen King's: The Shining (1977 Novel)

Today we have a great piece of horror literature written by the one and only Stephen King.

The Shining is the story follows the Torrence family who has been struggling financially for the last few months made due to and unfortunate event which lead to the dismissal of Jack's employment as a teacher.

In order to help himself and his family get back on their feet, Jack takes a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel as offered to him by an old acquaintance and move himself and his family up to the mountains where the Overlook laid.

Upon their arrival a man named Dick Hollorann senses something in Jack's son, Danny. Once he pulls him aside, he learns that Danny, like himself, has what is called the Shining. This is the ability to read people's minds and predict events that will be happening presently in another place or things that will be happening to themselves in the near future.

Once snowed into the hotel, Jack starts to act strangely and violently, prompting Danny and his mother to act quickly in order to avoid getting caught up with the strange phenomenon plaguing the hotel.

Written by Stephen King and published in 1977, the shining was quickly adapted into a film which received mixed feelings from audiences but eventually started to get a warmer reception  throughout the summer. It is now at the level where critics are calling it a masterpiece but the man who wrote the book states otherwise. King stated that, although the film "contributed something of value to the genre" he did not find it to be a good adaptation of his novel.

This is something I can agree with.

The detail that King uses in the novel really help you delve into the minds of the characters showing you every aspect of the story from all their points of view. It was also able to help provide a true horror aura in some parts of the book.

There are also a ton of differences between the book and the film that made me jump up and yell out "how did they not put this in the movie!".  These are differences that I will gladly break down in the near future in a special spoiler filled review session.

I could not get enough of this book and can not give it any less than a 9 out of 10.

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Carrie (1976)

Carrie is based on the 1974 book written by Stephen King and is about a teenage girl who is rejected by everyone at her school, thus has no friends.

Strange things start happening around her and she soon learns that she is the cause of these happenings due to her telekinetic abilities.

After an incident at the school, one of the girls in unable to attend the prom and blames everything on Carrie. Upon finding out that Carrie was invited to the prom by the ever popular Tommy, she makes it her mission to make sure Carrie gets humiliated as a direct punishment for making her miss out on her own prom night.

Directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Paul Monash, screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen as per the aforementioned 1974 book by Stephen King and starring Piper Laurie, John Travolta and Sissy Spacek as Carrie White.

Amazing movie! The way the story line is built up through out the film is incredible and hits on everything to ensure a great climactic scene come the prom.

The effects were just awesome and scarred the hell out of me when I was a kid. The blood, fire, terror and mayhem just came together so well and made me love this movie as well as fear it.

Although some of the dialogue is kind of out dated, the acting made up for it. Amazing performance by Sissy Spacek! No matter what the scenario was, she was spot on each and every time and even received an academy award nomination for the role.

The film was so perfectly done that they did a remake in 2013 starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the titular character and did not change a thing other than modernizing it. That goes to show you how great the original was if Hollywood figured it had to be identical to it's predecessor.

Because this was one of my first horror movies I am somewhat biased but I still thing that either way, I would be giving this an amazing rating, so 9 out of 10 for Carrie.

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