Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Gives you the oomph to want to read the rest ...:

Though I liked THE GUNSLINGER plenty, I have to admit that this book is the one that really reels you into THE DARK TOWER series. It flows seemlessly from THE GUNSLINGER - in a way, THE DRAWING OF THE THREE is what you wake up to from the more dreamlike quality of THE GUNSLINGER. You will not be sorry you carried on with this series.

One of the great things about this book is that Stephen King breaks a few rules in the storyline i.e. the protagonist can't lose integral body parts early on a the series!... more info

Better Than The First:

The Drawing of the Three is the second volume in Stephen King's famous Dark Tower series. The novel is better than the first book in the series, The Gunslinger, mostly because of the rich characters which King intoduces in the novel. Eddie Dean is a fascinating character. Funny and to the point, and by the end of the novel, demanding and hopeless at the same time. Odetta Holmes is one of the better female characters King has created in his time. Even Jack Mort, who is only in the novel for the final three... more info

Loosely drawn:

Stephen King's Dark Tower series has become a modern classic, with its gritty imagination and mix of fantasy and horror. "The Drawing of the Three" is an expansive follow-up to "The Gunslinger," but it's a bit slow and too devoted to setting up the main quest of the series.

Roland of Gilead wakes up on a beach, surrounded by carnivorous lobster creatures that manage to bite off fingers and part of his foot. Sick and possibly dying, he stumbles away and collapses. But he still has to find and "draw" two... more info

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