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May 13, 2011

Gavin rated it:

This is the second graphic novel to feature young Roland and his ka-tet, which I found to be not as good as the first one, THE GUNSLINGER BORN.

Allow me to elucidate. The story starts off strong, Roland peers into Maerlyn's Grapefruit, sees something he disagrees with and then shoots the pink orb. Bad move on Roland's part. The orb transmogrifies and becomes an eye with tentacles, sucking Roland's soul into its surreal End-World pit. Okay, this is all wicked. I hardly even took t More...

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Dec 15, 2008

Nicholas rated it:

This is the graphic novel I've been waiting for in regards to the Dark Tower series. It's the first book to delve into the events that happen between "Wizards and Glass" and "The Gunslinger" chronologically speaking.

The good news is that the dialogue is worlds improved in this installment. What amazed me about the first graphic novel was how ham-fisted King's folksy Mid-World dialogue sounded when it was left by itself in little bubbles. Now that Peter David is wr More...

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Oct 09, 2008

Fizzgig76 rated it:

Reprints Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1-5. Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain flee Hambry after the murder of Susan and Roland is sucked into the Pink Grapefruit to face the Crimson King. This is the follow-up to The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born. Unlike the first story, this book seems like filler. The confrontation with the Crimson King and the transformation of Sheemie seem to be the biggest things that occur but it took 5 issues to get there. The art however is great and the series does hav More...

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May 06, 2009

Kate rated it:

I wasn't as blown away by the artwork in this volume as I was by the first, but it was still a good story. I don't really remember any of this happening in the books at all (or if I do it's very vague). Because the graphic novels are in chronological order as opposed to the order of the original novels, I was a little perplexed in the middle of this volume when the young Roland meets himself as the grown Gunslinger and the billy-bumbler Oy. I knew these characters from the books, but someone More...

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Oct 21, 2009

Becky rated it:

I love the Dark Tower series - let me just say that up front. If you haven't read it, you should. When I haven't read it in a while, I miss the characters, I miss the journey, I miss Mid-world. It's King's magnum opus for a reason, and I cherish every word.

I was a bit disappointed with The Gunslinger Born, the first of the series of Dark Tower graphic novels, simply because I was looking for something to add to what we already knew of Roland's journey, and the first graphic novel di More...

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Jan 03, 2009

Dan rated it:

Robin Furth and Jae Lee have continued Stephen King's story so well that I get mad when I finish these books. They're so short! And oh so good. Stephen King still advises on the works, but it's really in Furth's hands for the story and Jae Lee's artwork is incredible.

This particular set of stories follows the ka-tet out of Hambry as they attempt to get back to Gilead with Maerlyn's Grapefruit. The scenes with the Crimson King are horrifying and also very enlightening because th More...

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Dec 09, 2011

Heidi rated it:

Between three and four stars--I had a hard time deciding. This graphic novel takes place in Stephen King's Gunslinger world, and I can't recommend it to those who haven't read his Dark Tower series. Susan is dead, Roland's consciousness has been sucked inside a pink glowing orb, and Roland's friends, Cuthbert and Alain, have to figure out how to get the three of them back home.

I guess the artwork is cool for those who appreciate comic book art, but I'm reading them to fill in the g More...

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Sep 14, 2011

Mira rated it:

Harte Fakten:
Der dunkle Turm: Der lange Heimweg – Robin Furth
ISBN: 978-3-453-26579-0
Verlag: Heyne Taschenbücher
Seiten: 208
Veröffentlicht: April 2009

Klappentext:
Im Bann des Scharlachroten Königs…
Der junge Revolvermann Roland war Zeuge, wie seine große Liebe Susan auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrennen musste. Nun ist sein Geist in einer der gläsernen Kugeln des Zauberers Maerlyn gefangen. Kann er seinem Verderben entrinnen?

Über den Autor:
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Jan 21, 2010

J.M. rated it:

Jae Lee's art and Richard Isanove's beautiful color pallette was pretty much the only thing to enjoy in "Dark Tower: The Long Road Home." I so wanted to like this. I keep giving Stephen King chances (even after the huge let down of THE STAND), but I just don't know. Maybe Robin Furth and Peter David, who did the adaptation for the graphic novel, were the ones who let me down here, or maybe I should have read "Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born" first (it wasn't available at the More...

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Apr 25, 2009

Theresa rated it:

From what I understand this story takes place somewhere around the fourth book in the series and details what happens to Roland when he is connected to the pink sphere.

The ka-tet is fleeing through the desert dragging Roland along because he is in a virtually comatose state after mentally connecting with the pink sphere. Most of the story takes place in Roland's mind--I get the impression that what happened to Roland after his connection with the pink sphere was not detailed in the More...

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May 16, 2011

Aaron rated it:

I preferred this one to the first one Furth and David wrote together, not because I thought they butchered King's words on the first graphic novel or anything like that, because they didn't. The first book is awesome. That being said, the first book is largely a retelling of "The Wizard and the Glass," and I liked it in its original form, you know? This one, however, shows readers just what happened to Roland and his ka-tet as they journeyed home from Mejis, something we haven't got More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Mike (the Paladin) rated it:

Our story rolls along here. This one does fill in some details that we didn't get in King's original series. A view of the princes of Gilead and another look at Roland and his past. (Did he forget his father's face?) and of course another look at the dark man/wizard....and inside a strange world a look at the Crimson King.

Not bad. I'm not as invested in the overall story as some but I find the continuation interesting. I've joked that the way King ended his series he's locked himself More...

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Feb 04, 2011

Alex rated it:

The biggest problem with the Long Road Home is that it doesn't feel that long. Maybe if it were retitled "A pretty short journey home during which our hero is presented with a random quest to destroy the dark tower by some random bad demon dude" I would feel less ambivalent about this volume. Still, just as with most graphic novel series, it's pretty difficult to come to any overall conclusions until one has read the whole thing and the important thing with this volume is that it sti More...

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Nov 23, 2008

Reem rated it:

I think I would have loved it like the 1st one if King had written it.

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Apr 28, 2011

Sara rated it:

I found myself struggling to remember this part of the story from Wizard and Glass only to find that this was never told in the books. I like this. These novels are the back story (I didn't know that until I read this book and the really interesting commentary from those involved). These back stories can only add depth to an already deep character. Roland comes across as heartless in the books only to surprise the reader with his compassion. These graphic novels will tell the reader why Roland More...

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Feb 09, 2011

Robert rated it:

Peter David, The Dark Tower vol. 2: The Long Road Home (Marvel, 2008)

While I half-expected it would happen, I was still jolted when Peter David and his crew struck out on their own in the graphic novel adaptation of The Dark Tower. David assures us in the afterword that every last piece of plot and dialogue that wasn't in the original books passes before Stephen King's eyes, but let's face it, he greenlighted the film adaptation of Sleepwalkers. (And I say this as a diehard fan of both More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Curtis rated it:

Where The Gunslinger Born follows Roland's gunslinger apprenticeship pretty faithfully to King's original telling, The Long Road Home traverses a previously uncharted portion of the gunslinger's tale. Namely, it tells of the journey--nay, flight--of Roland and his friends from Hambry back to Gilead.

I like the story for two main reasons (other than simply being a new story). Foremost, I like it because ultimately it is more a story about the other members of Roland's ka-tet - Cuthbert More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Nikii rated it:

I ended up finding this book at a library that I visited & had got it out for my brother since he being our mums son, would like Stephen King & it being a comic form of it, just worked. Being him, he never finished it, but I did. I'll tell the truth & say I'm not my mums daughter & I have never read a single Stephen King book through. However, this book I believe is based off of Dark Tower that is written by Stephen King, so I guess I still haven't read an actual Stephen King book, but this book More...

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Aug 14, 2011

Madeleine rated it:

It's been so long that I've spent time with Roland and his first ka-tet that I started reading "Treachery" without realizing that I never journeyed through the rough terrain of the series's preceding installment. I'm so glad (I mean, as glad as one can be, given the difficult path Roland, Alain, Cuthbert and even poor Sheemie face) that I went back to get lost in this part of the story.

I have such a hard time saying goodbye to Roland and his second ka-tet whenever I take on t More...

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Dec 28, 2009

Trudi rated it:

So this is the second collection in Marvel's graphic novel adaptation of King's Dark Tower series. While I LOVE reading about Roland again, and the art work is gorgeous, I'm deeply conflicted as well. There's something here that isn't quite working for me, that seems off. I think the problem is that I'm comparing it to the source material too much, when I should be enjoying the work as its own unique experience (like a film adaptation).

This is meant to be a prequel after all, consis More...

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Nov 10, 2008

Nicholas rated it:

Enjoyable because it is set in the world of the Dark Tower (plus the art is phenomenal), but not Stephen King. These comics are a sort of filler of the events narrated in Wizard and Glass and the first Dark Tower book. While Gunslinger Born simply retold the events of Wizard for people new to the series, this volume breaks new ground and picks up immediately afterward, narrating events that we only get glimpses of in Wolves of the Calla when Roland relates the rest of his story describing his More...

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Nov 02, 2008

Erick rated it:

For Dark Tower fans this book begins to chronicle the missing time in between Susan Delgado's death and Roland's first appearance in The Gunslinger. The editors admit that this story is completely original and much of the plot and dialogue was at best a "best guess" based on King's works, but King himself gave the gold stamp of approval. And the writers did an extremely good job of putting words into the character's mouths - I really think that's what King would have wrote for his ch More...

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Apr 30, 2010

TJ rated it:

The Long Road Home is better than The Gunslinger Born in a lot of small ways. The dialogue is better and instead of rehashing what was written in Wizards and Glass, The Long Road Home breaks new ground and develops story points only hinted at in the King novels. This is a good thing and serves the graphic novel medium well.
Most importantly what's written in The Long Road Home is fresh and original.

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Nov 25, 2008

Melissa rated it:

Wow, this was disappointing. I've been waiting a year for this to come out, and this was as far along in the story as they could get? I guess in November 2009 I'll finally get to see Roland shoot his mom, even though I read all about that in Wizard & Glass, and maybe in November 2010 I'll finally get to read some really new story. But the artwork, although a lot darker than the previous book, is still pretty sly.

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Jun 30, 2009

SKCircles rated it:

Toujours aussi emballée par la qualité des graphismes, et celle de ce "collector" sur papier glacé, qui regroupe les numéros 8 à 12 de cette série de comics. Sans parler du plaisir retrouvé de pouvoir visualiser les aventures de Roland et son jeune ka-tet, on apprend des choses ! Un complément fort intéressant à la lecture des bouquins, que je ne saurais trop conseillé à tous les fans de La Tour Sombre. Un must !

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Jan 21, 2009

Mark rated it:

Unlike the first volume of this series, The Long Road Home is not actually based on King's writing, but rather fills in the gaps in between Dark Tower novels. It went well. The art is, again, totally amazing and impressive. My complaint, as with most "comics," is that I can read it in one sitting and then need to wait a while for more. It's a disappointing process that makes me feel like a consumer/tool, but I'll probably keep reading the series.

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Jan 02, 2011

Frank rated it:

A good continuation of the first set of the Dark Tower comics. The authors of the book strike out into their own territory here, and mostly follow the spirit of the original series. There's one scene with Sheemie, (the muddle headed bar boy from the previous work), that jarred me badly, but if Mr. King is willing to accept what the authors/interpreters are doing, I can let it slide.

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May 28, 2009

Aaron rated it:

One of my favorite fiction series looks excellent on the page, thanks to a fabulous creative team and a vetting process which includes the Eye of King. Jae Lee is an exceptional graphic artist.

You'd think knowing the entire story would kill the suspense, but not so. The Marvel folks have taken the bones of this part of the Dark Tower and added some very flavorful meat.

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Jun 26, 2011

Kathryn rated it:

The Long Road Home starts pretty much as soon as Gunslinger Born ends, and is mostly carried on Alain and Cuthbert's shoulders, although Martin, The Crimson King, Roland and Sheemie play major parts.

Without wanting to spoil it too much, it's a very important piece in understanding Roland and how he came to be who he is in the books. Sheemie plays, arguably, his biggest part so far in the series, and we begin to see he's not all he seems to be. It also comes with a colour map of the a More...

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May 01, 2011

The_Mad_Swede rated it:

Like the first volume, the second Dark Tower mini series from Marvel, The Long Road Home, is scripted by Peter David with plotting and consultation by Robin Furth, and beautifully illustrated by Jae Lee & Richard Isanove.

Unlike the preceding volume, this one actually expands upon our knowledge of Roland's past, as it presents us with Roland, Cuthbert and Alain's journey back to Gilead after the events in Hambry. Roland now carries the mysterious orb known as Maerlyn's Grapefuit and t More...

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