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I've read all the Dark Tower books in Finnish and now I'm finally reading the books in English... It's been years since I've read these first volumes so it's not like I remembered everything. But The Gunslinger isn't a book that's hard to forget. And I love Roland and Jake and how touching they are. A great book.
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1.5 stars. This is not the first time I have read this book. A few years ago I tried and then failed to finish. I was confused, struggling with King's cryptic sentences, not understanding the story without any background being told. I picked this up again for a few reasons, I thought maybe when I had read this book in the past I wasn't ready for it. King holds the honour of being the author of one of my favourite books of all time "The Stand" so surely I had not been the right frame of mind for
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This series has been on my TBR list since I was a teenager! I own multiple copies of the books in the series: Bound copies on my shelves, Kindle copies, and also audiobooks. Yet, I have never read them! I have finally taken the plunge into the series, and it was not at all what I expected! I was hoping for the “creep factor” that I have experienced in other King novels, but it was missing here.
In the first installment of The Dark Tower series, we are introduced to Roland Deschain, a Gunslinger w ...more
In the first installment of The Dark Tower series, we are introduced to Roland Deschain, a Gunslinger w ...more
I give this book a somewhat lowish 3 stars.
I'm not sure why I didn't like this book more. I'd heard that it was pretty interesting, but I just couldn't get into it. I did like the atmosphere of the book. I haven't read too many western-influenced fantasy novels before. I liked how it was unclear about whether the world was a different Earth, or an Earth that has been through some sort of apocalypse. What I didn't like was how confused I was at many parts. Especially at the end. I know some of it ...more
I'm not sure why I didn't like this book more. I'd heard that it was pretty interesting, but I just couldn't get into it. I did like the atmosphere of the book. I haven't read too many western-influenced fantasy novels before. I liked how it was unclear about whether the world was a different Earth, or an Earth that has been through some sort of apocalypse. What I didn't like was how confused I was at many parts. Especially at the end. I know some of it ...more
By no means a "self-contained novel", as King asserts. This book is just awful. King expects the reader to be able to read what he doesn't say, which becomes increasingly frustrating when the action is progressing without the reader. Horrible writing style, with a less-than-satisfying ending (and that's putting it a bit nicely).
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I just could not get into it. Oh well onto the next book in the TBR!
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