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So I listened to the audio book and I was in one of my worst focused states. so I feel like I have to read it again.
Got 55% before I put it down last time but I am determined to finish it before the end of 2019!
Woke up ay 4.45am and decided to finish this book today!
Woke up ay 4.45am and decided to finish this book today!
Welll...
It started slow. It grew slower. 2/3 was oh so boring. Then it got interesting. Slightly interesting.
I will read the next book. Probably. One day. Or not.
This is basically what Stephen King says it is. Lord of the Spaghetti Western. With a bit of King Arthur blended in. And possibly some sir Walter Scott.
The beginning reads like it was written by a teenager. Maybe it was. The end was better.
He talks a lot about Roland's dick. ...more
It started slow. It grew slower. 2/3 was oh so boring. Then it got interesting. Slightly interesting.
I will read the next book. Probably. One day. Or not.
This is basically what Stephen King says it is. Lord of the Spaghetti Western. With a bit of King Arthur blended in. And possibly some sir Walter Scott.
The beginning reads like it was written by a teenager. Maybe it was. The end was better.
He talks a lot about Roland's dick. ...more
Jun 03, 2018
Krissy
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I'm sorry but I found this book extremely boring. I'll have to really think about whether or not to continue this series.
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I always hate discovering and enjoying the inaugural novel in a book series and realizing that there are seven to follow. The Dark Tower series begin with The Gunfighter, the protagonist, Roland of Gilead and involves his initial quest for the man in black. This novel is set in a parallel universe which resembles the Old West. Confronting the man in black is only an interim task before reaching is final destination of the Dark Tower. This novel provides few clues regarding Roland's motivation. I
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This was not my favorite Stephen King book but I thought that I better give it a shot. I had a hard time reading this book so I listened to the audiobook version. I hear that the first book is the weakest of the series so I think that I will see how Book 2 goes.
May 27, 2021
Brandi
marked it as did-not-finish
I'm just not feeling this book. I got more than halfway done, but it was a chore. Maybe another time...
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So I'm gonna read the Dark Tower books.
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I remember stealing this off my brother's bookshelf in 5th grade. Re-read it over the summer and fell in love with it all over again. I wonder how much of it is pure sentimentality on my part...
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Jan 03, 2011
Jessica
marked it as to-read
Dec 02, 2016
Hilary
marked it as to-read
Dec 31, 2017
Yasmin Khayal
marked it as to-read
Sep 13, 2018
Marin
marked it as to-read
Dec 19, 2020
James
marked it as to-read
