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| Value for Money | 8.7/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 7.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.1/10  |
Full review by
ppartin
on 15th Jul 2008
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Good Points: Extremely descriptive and intriguing characters. This book plays off the mystery of the gunslinger and his quest and captivates the reader from the start.
Bad Points: It was written originally as an excerpt, so it doesn't really work as a stand alone piece, which sometimes frustrates readers.
General comments: This is a fantastic book to start a fantastic series. What's challenging about it is that much of it sets up Books 2, 3 and 4 and some readers want more instant gratification in their read.
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Review by
Dreadlocksmile
on 8th Aug 2006
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In 'The Gunslinger', Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York, and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he ...
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Review by
suthosharko
on 3rd Jun 2006
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Well, feel like I will be swimming against the tide with this review. I was very much a fan of Stephen King's earlier works but had not read much in recent years. Last was Dreamcatcher which was great.
Had seen the Dark Tower series in recent times on the bookshelves but wasn't really motivated to buy into it as I didn't really see Stephen King as a fantasy series writer, which is what I thought this was. My wife however, bought me "The Gunslinger" (the amended versions with the forward from ...
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Review by
jsutton
on 29th Mar 2006
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I thoroughly enjoyed The Dark Tower: Gunslinger. The world that Stephen King created is amazing. Ok I will sum the book up for you. There is a gunslinger, which is something like a western day sheriff, he is chasing a man in black across a vast desert. In his journey he runs into a town named Tull and there he meets Allie. The man in black later named Walter O' Dim left a trap for the gunslinger,Roland. Walter brought a man back from the dead and told Allie the # 19 would unlock all his sec ...
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Review by
sandemp
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on 20th Dec 2005
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Before I start the review properly, I'm going to let you in on the (not so) secret fact, that I am a huge fan of the works of Stephen King, and have read almost everything he has ever written (including some non-fiction). After reading that statement, you might be surprised that until this month I had never managed to read any of the books in the Dark Tower series. But it's true, I'm not really sure why I hadn't, I suppose part of it is that I like my books to be as self-contained as possible, a ...
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Review by
weesteev
on 4th Nov 2004
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Stephen King, The Dark Tower: Gunslinger - Good opening book to a fantastic series by the master horror/sci-fi writer. The book starts quite slowly but the Tull battle at the beginning and the flashbacks to Roland's youth (specifically the fight with his teacher) are fantastic. The story whets the appetite for the future series.
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