Justin Partridge’s Reviews > The Eyes of the Dragon > Status Update

I kinda don’t want this to end now.

It’s getting sorta impossible to put this one down now.

This thing is BARRELING now. It’s been a total blast and genuinely striking in its simplicity

Revenge..

…REVENGE…

REVENGE!!!

“There are histories of the event, should you wish to read them. But the history is also the story and stories have a better way of telling histories. And quicker too.”

There is also quite a lot of Richard III here too. It’s fascinating all around.

This has well and truly kicked off and it’s both SO VERY KING but also unlike anything I’ve read from him. It reminds me a lot of his short stories with a liberal dash of Robert E. Howard and explicit cosmic horror.

I am starting to really fall in love with this. Both as a weird b-side from him and part of his overall Dark Tower canon.

I am so happy I can finally clock all of these Lovecraft references that filter through all his books. Like the casual reveal that Flagg has a piece of Leng Glass and the MOTHERFUCKIN’ NECRONOMICON. This has been a real treat thus far.

Pinchot’s narration of this is kinda incredible so far.

“Bad men had more in common with dogs than Ol’ Split-Foot”

So this is already crazy interesting. Both as an example of King stretching out into a different genre and as a counterpoint to THE STAND. As this Beam is seemingly about 1000-2000 years post-Trips. But still armed with all sorts of touchstones and callbacks to the world before it moved on. Very excited to get deeper into this.