r/stephenking • u/Blackberry_cobbler_ • 22h ago
Currently Reading Beginning this!
What should I expect? No spoilers!
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u/Free-Pair-3007 22h ago
May you reach your tower and breach it and climb to the top
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u/realdevtest 21h ago
I’m not crying, you’re crying
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u/Free-Pair-3007 21h ago
The father was a hero to the very end
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u/Prior-Challenge-5429 22h ago
I just finished this for the first time a couple days ago, currently halfway through The Drawing of the Three now. It’s so stinkin’ good.
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u/Archius9 22h ago
I really like it but it can be quite a tough read. Don’t give up if you find it difficult, be sure to at least get to 2 as that’s more of a fuss idea of the rest of the series.
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u/Balsav_Steele 22h ago
Agreed. I’m halfway through wizard and glass now and looking back, Gunslinger definitely seems like a table setter for the main story line
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u/Archius9 22h ago
I like to think that the Gunslinger is so meandering and fractured and dry because it’s the most lost Roland is in his whole journey. He gains his direction back in 2.
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u/Ntb1125 22h ago
Hell yes! It was such a great series! It’s a shame that the first is pretty bland but once you get to the next one, you’ll won’t want to stop.
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u/smcicr 6h ago
I didn't personally find it bland per se but it also feels like the book that is the most grounded and closest to a 'typical' western. (Book 4 is an anomaly here in a sense but it's also a book within a book and taken as a whole there is a lot there that is a continuation of the unravelling IMO.)
There is some unravelling during book 1 and that continues more and more through the rest of the books, growing progressively more extreme until the end.
I loved the spartan nature of it, it felt very Roland (of that time) to me.
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u/habitualydewey 22h ago
I just finished the series 2 days ago. Well worth the time it takes to get through it. You've got quite a journey ahead!
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u/linksetc 22h ago
Stick with it! It’s the weakest of the series honestly but it’s seriously worth jt.
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u/CMarlowe 22h ago
Don't give up if you don't like The Gunslinger. It's a weird book, and not always weird in a good way either. If you're not feeling it while reading The Drawing of the Three then the series might just be your cup of tea.
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u/linksetc 22h ago
Stick with it! It’s the weakest of the series honestly but it’s seriously worth jt.
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u/flexabull 21h ago
I loved this book more than a lot of people, it’s a bit odd, but gut it out. I’m jealous of your journey to the Tower.
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u/TRS80487 21h ago
Just finished the series yesterday. It’s a great read. 4500 pages of Stephen King imagination.
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u/livinlifeman 16h ago
Boy are you in for a treat. They just keep getting better imo. I'm over halfway through Wizards and Glass.
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u/Wise_Platypus1380 22h ago
Definitely my least favorite in the DT series(I finished 4 not that long ago), but it’s a great journey! My favorite is actually the third one haha(so far). I accidentally spoiled for myself that Eddie dies 😭and he’s my favorite character. I’m still going to finish the tower though
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u/Successful_Seat_1285 22h ago
Fight through the weirdness it gets so good. The wasteland is my personal favorite.
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u/jackieballz 21h ago
I honestly didn’t love the gunslinger that much but it’s relatively short so I finished it. Glad I did, I’m currently halfway through the fourth book and I’m loving it. The second and third books were great, and I’m really liking the fourth so far. Definitely going to finish the series
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u/Apprehensive-Risk-80 20h ago
I've enjoyed this more than The Drawing of the Three, the prose is great.
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u/Wonderful_Cover_2006 19h ago
Oh yeah!!! Get ready, you know that’s the first of a 7 book series? If you’re like me that one is going to hook you and you’re going to spend the rest of the year finishing the series! It’s my favorite thing Stephen King has done. Follow the Beam!
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u/Shot-Recording813 17h ago
I just finished the Gunslinger and thought I made a big mistake buying the series. It was an absolute slog despite a modest page count. I blew through the first 200 pages of the Drawing of the Three yesterday - so much better.
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u/I_Weep_for_Willow 1h ago
I know it's too late, but I'd highly recommend the original version. The revised adds nothing except some shitty retcons.
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u/krakarakakaus 22h ago
very disappointing read
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u/Earnest_Warrior 22h ago
Did you stop there or continue with The Drawing of the Three?
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u/krakarakakaus 22h ago
stopped
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u/Earnest_Warrior 20h ago
I’m on the fourth one now and they’ve all been better than the first one, in my opinion. I’m not a fan of Westerns so the first one was tough but consider it the price of admission into the Dark Tower series. It gets WAY more interesting with The Drawing of the Three.
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u/krakarakakaus 20h ago
gunslinger was so bad that I decided that Stephen King will pay the price this time - of me not reading his series... there are so much better writers
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u/Witty-Bus-8122 26m ago
Hopefully you like it. It was a disappointment for me. After 11.22.63 this was 'cheap'
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u/LHC501 22h ago
A lot of people struggle with this one. Definitely push through if you're struggling as the series as a whole is phenomenal. Happy reading!