Roland the Gunslinger finds two unlikely companions--a drug addict and a schizophrenic paraplegic--in his quest to hunt the Dark Tower in Stephen King's second book in the series, The Drawing of the Three.
Stephen King's dark fantasy series The Dark Tower has attracted a lot of readers over the years, but after I tried the first volume, The Gunslinger, I wasn't particularly compelled to keep reading. I thought I would give it another go after finding it on audio book at the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana.
The Drawing of the Three is a big novel in which it seems the overall Dark Tower storyline only inches ahead a fraction. In my mind, a more detailed description of the plot wouldn't include much more than what I wrote in the first sentence. I wonder if it is a transitional novel between the first book, which almost could stand alone, and the rest of the series.
But, like a lot of King's work, it is readable enough, and certainly has its fans. There was enough interesting writing that I will probably look for the third volume at a later date.
Stephen King's dark fantasy series The Dark Tower has attracted a lot of readers over the years, but after I tried the first volume, The Gunslinger, I wasn't particularly compelled to keep reading. I thought I would give it another go after finding it on audio book at the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana.
The Drawing of the Three is a big novel in which it seems the overall Dark Tower storyline only inches ahead a fraction. In my mind, a more detailed description of the plot wouldn't include much more than what I wrote in the first sentence. I wonder if it is a transitional novel between the first book, which almost could stand alone, and the rest of the series.
But, like a lot of King's work, it is readable enough, and certainly has its fans. There was enough interesting writing that I will probably look for the third volume at a later date.
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