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 Before you read this book, you should understand... Nov 20, 2009
Stephen King wrote this book years before he wrote the second. In fact, he probably wasn't certain that he would continue this story as a series. I believe (without looking up the details) that he wrote it as part of a science fiction magazine. With that in mind, this story is a tough one to start with, though it's necessary to start with. Don't judge the series based on this book. It's almost a prequal to the Dark Tower series. The second book, "The Drawing of the Three," is more of a true beginning for the tale.
That being said, it is important to read this book. In fact, you might be compelled to re-read it after reading the series. It's a sensational series, and I can't think of anything else like it. Whether you end up liking it or hating it, you will be compelled to read onward, because it truly stretches the mind. A captivating read of fantasy.
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 lame... Nov 06, 2009
This book just isn't any good. There are moments of enchantment and fantasy. However, they are bogged down by King's pretentious use of character dialogue (you need a dictionary at every page of the book) and King's unimaginative way of using made up words (to obviously describe made up worlds and their societies) without defining what the words actually mean! It's bad writing at best. It's as if King wrote this thinking it was going to be special and great and that it was going to be his `Narnia' or `Lord of the Rings.' Not even close, bro. I sadly bought the second book when I bought the first one. Not even going there... I look forward to reading his new book, `Under the Dome.' However, skip this bloated piece of self indulgence and save your cash...
 Higher expectations Nov 05, 2009
When I read the short story called "Little Sisters of Eluria" by Stephen King, I liked it so much that I was really looking forward to getting my hands on the first book of The Gunslinger series. But, throughout the entire book, I did not experience any of the level of involvement that I did with the short story. I didn't want to stop reading "Little Sisters..." I have heard that this series gets better as you go along, but I am not one to purchase and read the second book when the first one did not grab me. If I am not pulled in in the first couple of chapters, I usually put a book down. But, because of the short story - and because this was Stephen King, who I respect tremendously, I read on and finished the book. But, I have to say that I was disappointed because I really had much higher expectations.
The beginning or the saga!! Nov 02, 2009
The beginning of one of the best series ever! This was a gift for my father. I love all of the dark tower books!
 Don't do it to yourself Oct 23, 2009
This is really a review on the whole series. I put it on the first book in hopes of catching some people before they start reading. Let me start by saying I found this series on a site detaling the "best 25 sci-fi/fantasy stories of all time" and I know there's no accounting for taste but this series is average at best and I can't imagine anyone putting it in even the "best 100". Each book is overly long (not meaning too many pages but too many pages for what is covered) and scenes are overly drawn out. I'm not going to go into specifics of the stories because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but the ending blows....hard and if you manage to make it that far you're going to wish you hadn't. If you're looking for good sci-fi/fantasy look elsewhere (I recommend Dune, The Chronicles of Amber, The Name of the Wind, The Darkover novels, The Farseer Novels, The Last Hearld Mage, pretty much anything but this series). Again don't waste your time or your money on any of these books.
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