The Dark Tower

The Gunslinger The dark tower -- 1

by Stephen King

Paperback, 249 pages

English language

Published March 14, 1989 by Sphere Books Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-7474-0100-1
OCLC Number:: 85069314

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(31 reviews)

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...

As the world moved on he followed, for a nameless time. Naked between the unforgiving sun and the sterile sand, blind in the bowels of the mountains where no light penetrates, shadowed by dangers both magic and physical, the gunslinger moved steadily on his destined path.

For beyond the hazards of the way - the crazed seer, the speaking demon, the slow mutants, the undead boy, and yet stranger sorceries - he would hear, on the night that was ten years long, of the Dark Tower. Nexus of Time and Space, the tower where he would one day come, winding his horn for some unimaginable final battle...

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Anthony Burgess reviewed The Dark Tower by Stephen King

I don't get why people like this

2 stars

People say this is a good book and series but I can't agree to that. It's just chaotic and doesn't make any sense, the writing seems overly dramatic and "flowery", meaning he describes things so weird, with weird details and weird metaphors. I couldn't even read it to the end and stopped at like 80 or 90%. I have no interest in reading the other novels in the series, it's just not my type of writing I guess. I never liked any Stephen King books until this one and I read a bunch now. It's not getting any better, maybe I should just give up on trying to like his writing.

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4 stars

This book, and the series it starts, have been a part of the public consciousness for a while now. I've never read any of them before, though, so with this being my first time through, I'm aware of how highly it's regarded by some whose opinions matter to me. All of which has led to a certain degree of expectation...and I'm not sure if this book met it.

To be clear: There's a strong sense from this book that there's SO MUCH MORE to come, and you don't (or I didn't) come away feeling ambivalent about the journey. I'm excited, I'm in. I'm just...nervous, maybe? No, more likely cautious.