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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)

Stephen King

Start date: June 22, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Jan 10, 2017 Scott Flicker rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

audiobook version

amazing book
ready for the rest of the series

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Aug 07, 2017 Angie rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, great-reading-challenge, 2017-books

meh.

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Jun 03, 2018 Krissy rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, pgs-300-399

I'm sorry but I found this book extremely boring. I'll have to really think about whether or not to continue this series. ...more

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Sep 24, 2016 Amanda rated it liked it

Shelves: dystopian, 3-stars, recs-from-friends, horror, read-for-rp, my-sisyphean-challenge

Audiobook:

I think I'm still trying to figure out what to say about this book. I finally finished this book the third time I read it/listened to it. I picked it up several years ago, read a handful of chapters, and never felt draw to come back again. I picked it up on an audible sale about five or six months ago. Turned it on and listened for 1-3 chapters, and then promptly forgot about it for other sale books.

The third time I made a specific plan to sit down and specifically make it through thi ...more

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Aug 27, 2017 Michelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, 2017, favorites

Second time reading this series and I enjoyed it just as much this time around. I was prompted to pick it up again because I found the books in a box as I was clearing things out and with the movie coming out and my reading on hiatus lately, I hoped this would be a good choice. I basically read this in two sittings. I love the beginning of this journey the Gunslinger is one - and this has to be the best first sentence of a book ever. I so rarely read Stephen King that I'm always so amazed by his ...more

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Nov 29, 2014 Erin rated it it was amazing

Glorious. From start to finish.

And reading Stephen King's afterword is like reading a Stephen King time capsule. ...more

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Sep 26, 2007 Steph S rated it really liked it

Shelves: novels

Apr 12, 2008 Vicki marked it as to-read

Jun 15, 2009 Isabel rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy

Aug 20, 2009 Vesra (When She Reads) added it · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, series, horror, e-book, g, fiction, author-k, science-fiction-fantasy, tbr-2011, pc-200-299

Aug 20, 2009 Vesra (When She Reads) added it · review of another edition

Jan 06, 2010 Heather - hturningpages rated it it was amazing

Shelves: loved-it, amazing-series, favorites

May 21, 2010 Stacie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, audio-books, fiction, could-read-again-and-again, adventure, fantasy, science-fiction, 200-books-in-2019, 200-books-in-2022, 2022-tbr