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Stephen King is well known as the master on modern horror, but he also branches out and some of his books cover science fiction, suspense thrillers, and fantasy. The Dark Tower series is an epic... more

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  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    joannavos

    5 Stars Watch out for the Lobstrosities 08/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Gripping, fantasy but so realistically written, being a long series you get to know the characters intimately

    Disadvantages Disadvantages SK hasn't finished writting the whole series yet

    After the long hard journey, Roland the gunslinger finally reaches the ocean, as far west as he can go. He sleeps on the beach but awakens to find a ‘lobstrosity’ trying to eat him alive. I like the word Stephen King has invented to describe these terrifying creatures. It conjures vivid pictures of an otherwise unimaginable creature in full horrifying details. And yes, the second book in the series has only just begun. When I started reading The Drawing Of The Three, the second book in the Dark Tower series, I was amazed to discover that it actually picked up the thread of the ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    katiemacf

    5 Stars The plot thickens Review with images 22/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages the second installment of a fantastic epic

    Disadvantages Disadvantages waiting to read the rest

    Okay I just finished reading this one last night and thought I would give it a go and see if I could do it justice. I do not want to spoil this book for anyone so I am only really going to comment on the main features of the plot, which believe me still leaves a lot for the reader to discover for themselves. Coincidently this was also the first King Novel I ever read; at the tender age of thirteen I had completely missed picking up the bit on the front that said Dark Tower Series Three. At that point I had not fully understood this book I only knew that I had loved it and that this was the ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zombieflesh

    5 Stars The Dark Tower Book 2 27/07/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages epic storyline, introduction of new characters, mysterious and intriguing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages rushed ending and possible plot hole? (all becomes clear when reading 3rd book though)

    Stephen King is well known as the master on modern horror, but he also branches out and some of his books cover science fiction, suspense thrillers, and fantasy. The Dark Tower series is an epic piece of work, compiled over several decades. This book, The Drawing of the Three, is the second in the series. There are a further 5 books that follow and continue the saga. I got my copy of this book from a charity shop and it's an older edition. There are many print versions of this book and you can find copies on Amazon marketplace starting from just 1p plus postage + packing. Mine happens to have ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Sa1sysoo

    4 Stars Part 2 of an addicitive quest 20/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages More character development and a better flow

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Means you may just have to buy the next one!!

    So I get this free box-set through the post from my book club, and after noting that it was Stephen King, I cancelled my subscription and shoved the set under the bed... I mean, Stephen King? I'd always heard positive things about the author, but invariably it was because the guy writes scary books, all blood and gore and psychological thriller, and that really isn't my thing. But one particular week I had nothing to read on my commute, so I resignedly picked up the Gunslinger, the first in the Dark Tower series. And I was pleasantly surprised. Although this series of books do have their ... more
  • 3 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    skipper6

    4 Stars The Drawing of The Three by Stephen King 04/08/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Another good read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages King's occasional Waffle.

    In "The Drawing of the Three", the second book in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower Series, we catch up with Roland Deschain of Gilaed exactly where we left after the first book, sat on the beach facing "the Western Sea" During this book Roland will meet 2 of his future ka-tet (tight group of friends is probably the best description.) the prisoner and the lady of the shadows, changing their lives dramatically as he pulls them into "his world." Before Roland can do this through his quest nearly comes to a premature end at the hands (or pincers) of monsters that come of the sea at sunset ... more

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Type Fiction
Genre Horror
Title The Drawing of the Three
Author Stephen King
ISBN 0451163524

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