The Gunslinger (edit title)

• Rated 3 stars

“If I ever were to trip on LSD and write a book simultaneously, I imagine it would look like the Gunslinger.”

• Rated 4 stars

“What can you really say? I couldn't put it down, i wanted revolvers. I liked the MIB's character even more than Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Poor young New Yorker.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Love the Dark Tower series! King's crowning achievement, no doubt. Eerie how this series follows him through his life, and his books.”

• Rated 2 stars

“I read the original version, then the revised. The changes weren't so dramatic that they would change the review.

*The Gunslinger* is the first book in the Dark Tower series, and actually stands alone more easily than the subsequent six books. The story comes to an (uneasy) break at its close. Also, the style is very different from the other books, and liking *The Gunslinger* is no guarantee that you will like the other books, and vice versa. ^_^

Of the two styles, I actually preferred *The Gunslinger* (although I understand that most people actually start to enjoy the series starting with *The Drawing of the Three*) because to me it seemed the most true to the epic style. It follows epic conventions a lot more closely than the other books, throwing the reader down in the middle of the action, and starting with the unforgettable line that will guide the rest of the series. ^_^ ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Classic First line. Wonderful last chapter. Great beginning to the epic. I found it drug a little in the middle, but I think it was the western feel, which is not my favorite.

Makes quite a statement about social situations even though it was written 3 decades ago.

A must read, so you can do the whole series. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Partially done with this book. Had to set it down for a while. Not a bad read, but King's inexperience when writing this shows through. ”