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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)

Stephen King

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: September 26, 2016

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Feb 19, 2013 Sean DeLauder rated it really liked it · review of another edition

From the Beginning to The Gunslinger and the Man in Black

This review could easily bump up to 5 stars once I understand the full story, but to reach that point would require a massive undertaking--seven more novels follow this one. King is, in my mind, not a writer who creates the kind of book one can digest in just a few days. Granted, I've never read anything else by King, but I've seen his works bending the shelves at bookstores and libraries with their bulk. This work, too, by King's own ...more

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Oct 16, 2013 Richard Rutledge rated it it was amazing

An outstanding beginning to a promising series. I know, I know.. I am coming to the party late.. forgive me. It is a hard book/series to describe.. kind of a mix of western, high fantasy, science fiction, apocalyptic fiction, multi world, other dimension, time travel, and horror. Pretty much everything I enjoy reading about. What intrigues me most is that it ties most of King's body of work together into some sort of connectedness. If this series even comes close to maintaining what it has begun ...more

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Jul 15, 2016 Ben rated it liked it

Shelves: 2016

finally getting around to reading this...

Meh. Most of the book is incomprehensible garbage. Honestly, it wasn't all that well written for much of it. Far too many flash backs, changes in scene with no prompt, contradictory statements, made up words not accompanied by explanations or definitions. It was a mess. The last 50-75 pages the messiness was forgotten or perhaps I got used to the mess. No matter, it finished well enough, problems aside, that I'm interested in reading the next in the serie ...more

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Dec 02, 2016 Ivy rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, audible-owned, horror

The first 90% of this book was just ok...three stars would have been a generous rating, given solely on the basis that the Beatles Hey Jude has somehow traversed into a parallel universe. That's original, don't you think? So it's ok, a little weird, and then BAM!!! Amazing set-up for book 2!!! ...more

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