I have a couple things. First of all, you seem to be a little confused on when this was written. This book was first published in 1987. HE WAS ON A LOT OF DRUGS. That's one year after he wrote IT. He didn't really get off his drug addictions until 1995 (I read his autobiography). So he's not trying to go back to his druggy effect. This IS the druggy effect in action. Another thing is that I'm absolutely baffled that his masterful pacing and suspense was not mentioned a single time. This book literally had me on the edge of my seat throughout and was one of the most fun books I've ever read. The scene in Balazar's tower blew me away. It's all personal preference, but did you really not feel the same?
Jed Scratchard Yeah I agree with everything you said. I was biting my nails at the part where Roland just completely took over Detta and that chase scene. All the way to the - just in the Knick of time - escape. This guy has all his facts wronged. Don’t make a video on something you don’t know shit about. Try google!
Agreed on suspense. Also, I thought how everything came together at the end was SO masterful. The creation of Susannah and relative cliffhanger but still sort of resolution of Jake blew my mind.
Yes thank you lol wtf. This is my favorite book in the series. Eddie was a junkie drug trafficker. There was a lot of that in the 80s, wjo isn't at least interested in what is going on in that guy's mind? I just disagree with everything dude said. The characters are not flat, everything you see is directly through the eyes of the characters ffs. this guy has no patience or understanding that there are 7 books and the man in black will return. You have to just go along with it, take the ride. People bring in their preferences of how the story should be told and don't like it when they don't understand. He's not just pulling stuff out of a hat, wtf? It was a riveting introduction into a whole new universe. Dude wants events to just be summed up around a single event. SK is the gonzo journalist of novelists. You don't know where it's going and that draws you into the moment.
Yah if you dislike the weird and the worldhopping then you'll probably not like the rest of the journey. I'd still encourage you to at least try book 3 but that may be my love of the series showing. Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?
I wasn’t a big fan of the first one and the second one I thought was a bit better but still not sold. I did what you did, I put the dark tower down for a while and read some other stuff. But holy hot damn is book 3 good, I thought I was going crazy when I read it, I couldn’t believe the step up in quality from the other two. It feels more grounded in his setting and it draws so much purpose from its characters and situations. Books 3-5 are fantastic.
I can see where you're coming from in this video, but I have to disagree with you on almost every point. The Dark Tower is one of my three favorite fantasy series of all time, and I found The Drawing of the Three to be a very enjoyable read (and it is The Drawing OF THE Three, not The Drawing of Three). It isn't the best book in the series (the fourth book is), but I think it has some of the most immediate, action-packed writing Stephen King has ever put out (just tell me the gunfight where Roland and Eddie were all but naked was boring, or that the scenes with Jack Mort later on didn't just MOVE). Also, you keep referring to this book as if it was one King had just recently written. It was published back in 1987, thirty-one years ago, and that was back before King sobered up. His writing style was a lot different back then, and he wasn't always a terribly mature storyteller. Oh, and as for the story having no focus, even at this point, THIS early in the series, can't you feel the weight of the Tower? Can't you feel how much the idea of the Tower is propelling Roland forward? I understand this is just your opinion, so I don't hate you for putting the book down so much, I just don't think you were being terribly fair with it.
Dude seriously said that King saw that the internet liked when he was on drugs, and wrote this book in 1987 accordingly. It's not too late to pull the plug on this one, chief.
I agree wholeheartedly with most of the comments. You must keep reading. The bigger picture comes into focus the further you go. I wanted to put it down several times but I decided that I must also reach the tower before I could do so. It was all worth it. On a side note the character development in this series is one of the best I have ever read.
It's fine to take a break man. I will say, that dimension and universe hopping is a very centered thing in the whole series, and there will be more of it to come. But if you want motivation to pick up the rest of the series, I will say that the 4th book (Wizard and Glass) is my favorite Fantasy book that I have read to date. About 80 or 90% of that book is a flash back to Roland's time in Eld before the world moved on. And it's the book that finally shows you his motivation and obsession with the Tower. It has some glorious glorious action and one of the most painful and at the same time beautiful romantic relationships that I've seen in a King book. Also the world that Roland lives in (before it moved on) feels almost like the Wizard of Oz with this walled city and it's very castle-like or dream-like.
I'm having trouble recalling a time I disagreed with somebody else so wholeheartedly. first of all as another user commented this book was written during the height of his drug addiction. and it's also the reason I finished the series I was pretty nonplussed by the opening book but Drawing of the Three made me fall in love and I'm just having a hard time understanding how somebody could dislike it so much
I can never understand how someone isn't hooked after the 1st chapter of this book. As soon as he loses his fingers, the whole series just went flying forward for me.
I love this series. It's not a celebration of addiction but about an addict finding redemption. This was a great book that really opened the world/s out.
Hey Daniel, love your videos. Dark Tower is one of my favorite series, and I love talking about it to other readers. Personally I loved Drawing of Three, thought it had some really unique segments and had a masterful ending. BUT I do get where you are coming from; The Gunslinger had this ominous, more powerful tone and was a fascinating tale told through rich evocative prose. It was Stephen at one of his most poetic periods.
i finished this a few weeks ago and i still constantly think about it. world hoping is one of my favorite things to read and king mixed elements of horror, suspense, sy-fi, and fantasy so well.
You need to stick in for book four. I doubt you will like 3, but I guarantee you will LOVE book four -especially if you're well-versed in the King mythology. Trust me, it's what you want.
I have to tell ya, the fourth book, "Wizard and Glass" is pretty much a stand alone origin story, and, honestly from your description, would be EXACTLY what your looking for. Religious/folklore undertones, gritty western vibe, epic fantasy, and amazing character development. Its seriously one of my favorite books of all time, independent of the rest of the Dark Tower series. "...a really lotta f'in weird character!" haha. It hurts me that Eddie didn't win you over. I love Eddie as a character... I have a weird empathy toward addicts fighting their own demons and struggling to become heros/anti-heros. But yeah, King is weird, no question about that. Definitely a different flavor of fantasy/horror. Personally, I'm a big fan, but I see your points. Really hope you get to Wizard and Glass at some point. I think you'll love it. (Just gotta get past Blane the Mono... stupid train...)
If there is one thing I learned about King's writing, it's that he doesn't plan much of anything. He just seems to write it as he thinks/dreams/smokes it. That gives his stories a chaotic and unpredictable quality. Is that a bad quality? I guess it depends what you're going for.
This is the book that truly hooked me on King and the Tower series. I also really related to Eddie Dean, having had a drug problem when I was young. This book ripped me apart and put me back together again with its story telling.
Reading through this series for the first time, and I may be in the minority in saying that I preferred The Gunslinger to this book. I do feel that it sets the series up in a way that no direction is off limits. I have a feeling this will be a book that feels more meaningful after other books in the series have been read.
I'm just starting this book. I'm interested in where we are so far but I feel I won't fully appreciate these books until I finish the series and see the whole story
Your analysis of this book really sums up my feelings on this specific book, but I could also kind of see what King was trying to set up with this story. He wanted to give us some viewpoint characters because, since Roland did what he did to Jake in the first novel, there weren't any characters to ask the questions that we, the readers, had. I suspect you will enjoy The Wastelands and Wizard and Glass. If you're not hooked by then, I think Wolves of Calla will do the trick.
Love this book! It was important in building characters and setting up the path to come, but wasn't meant to progress the overall quest past forming his posse. One of my favorite all time reads. Keep reading. One of the finest series ever created.
Am I weird for liking a book due to a single scene/bit? Like, drawing of the three has been my favourite of the series simply because of the bit when Roland/Eddie buys bullets. That's it! That bit is one of my favourite bits in any book I've ever read...
I started reading DT series when I was 14 and finished it at 21 - that's when the last book was published. I am glad I enjoyed it back then, because now being much much older I probably wouldn't enjoy it that much. I really liked Roland love story though. Oh, and cute little Oy is a great character)))
I liked this book allot, it may actually be my favourite of the Dark tower books. I think as you don't like his writing style I think you may struggle with this series but I really think you should stick with it. It is better than the sum of its parts.
Daniel Greene. Hemingway... I like his books but I have never understood the hype about him. When ever I read his books, I think: "Well that was a good book" But nothing about them just leaves me changed like the best books I've read. Maybe you could explain why he rises head over shoulders above the rest of the authors out there.
I'm reading this series for the first time and wanted to find someone to digest each book with. Thank you for providing that. That being said, I really enjoyed your review. I agreed with several points you've made and enjoyed the way you articulated them. King's way of throwing a curve ball and hyper sexualizing situations in extreme violent or pervasive manners out of nowhere chief among them. I also felt you made a strong argument for the points I disagreed with. I look forward to experiencing the rest of the series with you. Great work.
King is a masterful story-teller and only a so-so writer, I think he'd even say that. Opposite of grrm, who is great writer, horrible story-teller. I prefer king.
Interesting to have read these books as they came out and now hear opinions of people discovering the series. The world has moved on since then. Dude this book completely blew the doors off anything id ever conceived of when i read it in the late 80s! This shit was wild! Would have there ever been a door into John malkovich‘s brain without the drawing of the three?
I have to disagree about your review. The story and the setting were so enthralling. And this book was written in the mid 80s. This is one of my favourite Dark Tower and Stephen King books. Really cool.
So I read this as a King Fan before I read any other fantasy novel so I didn't have any expections in that way. I think a lot of the more character exploration you are looking for occurs in Wastelands and Wizard and Glass. You also get more of the western feel.
ok...your mind is amazing Daniel and look forward to all your reviews...one important thing about this series is read The Wind Through The Keyhole...it is book 4.5, but you can jump into it at anytime in the series...it is such a wonderful opening to the mind of Roland...ONE more important thing...I cant wait to buy one of your books...I can see you being a phenomenal writer! Good luck brother...hope to read your book before the "clearing at the end of the path"
I love The Drawing Of the Three and think it's one of the best in the Dark Tower series. I got it from my local library all the way back in 1995, agrd 15. I hadn't read the first one ( Iwasn't aware it was oart of a series), and from the opening pages, it had my attention. King literally takes his bad-ass gunslinger (reminded me so much of Clint Eastwoods Spaghetti Western character) and handicapped him. The world hopping, Eddie's introduction, (what a character!) Odetta/Detta, are absolutely phenomenal characters, who had their faults - I love that kind of thing in writing - the unintentional humour 'tooter fish' had me in stitches. The only thing i didn't like about drawing of the Three was the 'love at first sight' thing with Eddie and Odetta/Detta. I'd have liked to have seen that built up over the course of the book, perhaps developed in The Wastelands to give their relationship more depth and meaning, but I get it feeds into the themes of destiny, and thats probably why it was written this way, it just didnt feel organic and pulled me out of the story a bit. Jack Morts' character is also very good. The twist involving him is excellent ( I didn't see it coming). And how he is written is also great. At 15, i wasnt aware or the sexual element that goes hand in glove with many serial killers, so it felt odd, but reading it as an adult its entirely in line with Jack Morts psychological profile. It's uncomfortable, but it's meant to be because you're in his head, so you're going to be privvy to the sexual gratification Mort gets from doing what he does. I prefer this one over The Wastelands, which is also great, but for me, this one takes the prize.
The next two books, The Wastelands and The Wizard and Glass are the best ones in the series. The Wastelands was my favorite as it had the most movement out of any of the books, where as The Wizard and Glass was just a 600 page story about when the gunslinger was young and told his story, one of his stories about when he was young and how he learned about the evil in the wastelands. I have yet to read the 7th book though, I've been reading more science fiction as of late and it just sits on my shelf until I want to dive into a 1,000 page slug. I actually read The Stand instead and was not as impressed, being one of King's most highly received and respected novels. The Shining was better, in fact Robert McCammon's Swan Song was better in retrospect. I wish that guy was garnered more respect and his books were republished. Hard to find yet highly enjoyable. Have you ever read a Robert McCammon book? One of his 80's Fantasy/horror type of books? Real good. Basically a B list King that can top King in the areas that King fails at. Though King can build a community/small world/characters better than any novelist I have ever read.
"It feels like this Tolkien guy saw on the internet how nostalgic people are for old timey quests so that's why he tried to bring that style back with how he wrote The Lord Of The Rings..."
damn. u read these quick brah! wtf. these books took me 2 or 3 weeks a piece. took u like 1. congrats on those skills! love this series please keep them coming
Drawing of 3 is great. For more mature that I haven’t heard you mention Full Dark No Stars and Revival are so great. Your flat gunslinger will change dramatically through the series but this is one of the most fast paced great stories.
I know this is kind of an old review, but here are my thoughts on Dark Tower having completed it: Once you've finished it, it .makes a lot of sense to read the whole thing almost allegorically. It beco.es way more about the endless wheel of story, it becomes really self-aware that his story has lost its purpose, it offers Eddie the druggy as an example of why this story started off without a purpose and the whole story becomes about King trying to use bits of his disjointed stories to pull everything back to the path of the beam, a possible allegory for the purposeful story. This did not make sense until the end because King didnt make it about that until the end. At this point in the series, its he being lost off the beam's path, struggling to find a way forward. It's a hard and unpleasant journey to eventually get to the end and all the shit you have to weed through only makes sense to me if you read it mostly as King making an allegory that goes full on metacognitive at times. It's about this archetypical Gunslinger yeah, but it's way more about King getting lost in writing and his world and ambition and trying to pull it all back together. Some will hate, some will love. Would be interesting to analyze critically though, on a classroom setting. Very postmodern.
Hey Dan, love your channel. I know I'm a bit late to the party but I respectfully disagree with most of the negative stuff in this review. I have read this series once and listened to it twice on audiobook and this is probably my My favourite DT book
As a pretty big fan of king, particularly the dark tower series, I have to agree that the Drawing of the Three is one of the weakest of the series. However it is worth mentioning that while the narrative here can seem a bit pointless or try hard edgy, there are crucial plot points that don't seem all that crucial until later in the series. It's probably the weakest of the series. The Wastelands is pretty good, lots of interesting usage of imagery and commentary on human nature. But I will say, book 4 Wizards and Glass is truly one of my favorite King books. It really is where King finds his inner Fantasy writer as far as I'm concerned. He really powers through his edgy vibe to bring some emotionally stirring work that he rarely showcases any ability with IMO. But also, it's king so there is still some weird stuff to be found hahaha. Look forward to hearing the rest of this series reviewed, I'm actually on my second read through right now.
If you don't like the super weird stuff, you probably won't like the rest of it. The universe hopping doesn't stop. Book 3 takes place in a dystopian wasteland, most of book 4 is flashbacks, and from there it just gets really weird and meta.
I love super weird stuff! It was just not hitting its target in my opinion for the whole story. Felt like he was firing from the hip and instead of taking aim. There was very little method to the madness.
Drawing of the Three felt like he just got carried away and rambled for 500 pages and then decided "Ok, this was supposed to just be the first three chapters, but it's really long so I'll just call it a novel." The Waste Lands is better but not great. As someone who has grown up with King, this series has been on my bucket list for many years, but so far it's a struggle.
I love this fucking book just how weird and the idea of having three doorways and the gunslinger walks through them like mentally but his physical body is still on the beach like I feel the conflict of he has a choice to live as Eddie or susanah or jack but he uses them for the tower but king does it fun and wacky I like it thats it I like it.
I should just have this written in my notes somewhere so I can copy and paste is whenever I get asked this. Lol I work in an office 8 hours a day. Due to that I listen to audible 6-7 hours a day at 1.5 speed. When you do that you can burn through books FAST. In addition to that I read about another two hours physical books most days.
Daniel Greene I wish I had that commitment & motivation to read/ listen. I procrastinate so much, looking to do pretty much anything besides reading. It’s probably my dyslexia. I really enjoy reading and writing my own work. But the procrastination is too strong in me. But watching your reviews inspires me to read more, and listening to the way you talk about books, characters & the technical side of things, inspires me to write. Thankyou
It was quite a surprise to hear you compare The Drawing of the Three, one of my favorite books of all time, to The Last Jedi, my least favorite Star Wars movie. Lol I understand what you mean though.
I started laughing so hard at your face at the "came in his pants" part, I honestly made the same face. I read the first one and thought "I wonder if this is better when on drugs". Then I looked it up and found out that it was written while on drugs, so I was not that far off. Decided it was too weird for me and just gave up on the series. Oops.
@@tana3537 Fair enough! I'm your complete opposite lol.. I have barely read any of his other works and I loved The Dark Tower from the jump with how off the wall it was and it's just getting better so far. That being said I'm only on the 5th book so this could all go to shit.
@@Th3Downz haha i've read a couple of his other works and really liked those. So fantasy King just isn't for me! I enjoy weird, but didn't enjoy all the jumps being made. Glad that you like it tho. For the ending: I'm one of the people that thinks that his endings aren't always that great
I think Drawing of the Three was written when Stephen King was under the influence of his addiction to drugs. I heard he lost his outlines the gunslinger series after book 3 so they make a huge turn.
The naked suxual things also made sense with some actual psychological ideas floating around by licenced psychiatric professionals at the time. Although it doesn't hold up to the advancement of the science, it is nonetheless for its time well researched as a realistic reaction based on the information.
I think you are off when King wrote this. The Drawing of the Three was written BEFORE It, during his heavy drug phase. So it reads like he's trying to write in his heavy drug phase because...he was. And boy howdy, does it read like that. If you like the setting of Roland's world and the mythology in it, you are going to love books 3 and 4 and 5. The Drawing of the Three is definitely that weird one where it's like, okay, huh, well, we have our characters now, in like, the craziest way possible, but okay, moving on. Let's find us a tower :P
King was on Drugs. This was written before he quit, and before he could check the internet for what people think lol. I don't disagree with your review otherwise. The third book was my favorite.
One of my top 5 series series of all time; partially due to nostalgic reasons. This series kept me alive. King's flaws do come out in this series, but you get so attached to the characters (Eddie, Father Callahan, Roland) you wanna see it through to the end. I had the same feeling of trying to figure out if i was just cruising through the books until Wizard and Glass. Which was just amazing to me. Hopefully will redeem the series once you get to it. Then you too might find yourself on a mission to reach the tower. Diggin all the good videos brotha. Thanks for creating sort of a small online community.
It's funny because I completely disagree. I absolutely hated book 1. I don't know why. I should have liked it. But I didn't. It was so bad that I never wanted to pick up the dark tower. I gave it a chance again 2 years later and found that I'm absolutely loving this book. It might be trending as my third favourite king book behind the stand and 112263
Oht! John wick in a cab when its raining lol. The rain goes down behind him on window looks like matrix code lol. Yayyyyy matrix code back. Is john wick in the matrix? Lol
Hey maaaan, I love your channel and I had a question I've been thinking about for a while. Not sure why, just curious, maybe you could awnser in a Q&A or not. Last Q&A you said you were a socialist, I was just curious what you meant by that. Do you support socialism as a whole or socializing the capitalism we have currently. Totally not an attack, just been thinking about it for some reason 😂. All love Daniel. Dope video.
As a wise Redditor once said "I mean I don't agree with you in any way but I totally get what you're saying and really understand how you could feel that way."
I’ve read the series and I agree with you on this one. His “let the story take you” instead of plotting shows its pitfalls with this series. I’d recommend stop while you’re still early on. I wish I had.
It’s still far better than doing the plotting style of writing, though. That’s writing often at its worst. Why do you wish that you stopped? The books only get better from here and it has a very worthwhile and rewarding ending on top of it all.
Wow I know it's all opion based but I honestly don't know how you can not love this book. I have read it multiple times now and it always has me on the edge of my seat. Eddie Dean is one of my favorite King characters of all time. If you are that put off by a serial killer being sexually aroused by his murders it's you that needs to grow up a little bit.
I'm a bit confused about your "rant" in the second half of the video when you talk about King kind of backpedalling and trying to recapture his druggie days, because Drawing of the Three came out in the early 1980's when he was right in the middle of those issues. I definitely agree with your assessment of this book in a lot of ways. Most Dark Tower fans hail it as the strongest of the series, but I was aching for the tone King established in book 1. He never recaptures it in later volumes, which is a let down. I adored the series when I was a teenager, and while I haven't re-read it since then, looking back on it I sometimes cringe at the choices King made. I think books 1 and 4 are the strongest. I skimmed over a crap ton of book 5 because it just killed me with how boring it was. Book six lacks a strong identity and feels just like a bridge between books 5 and 7. I sort of like book 7, especially the ending (which a lot of people hate).
I love your stuff Daniel, but I think you dropped the ball on this one. You speak as if you were under the impression that The Drawing of The Three was somehow published last year or something? It was published in the 80s. King was still very much on drugs. Your entire analysis of this book is just... Wrong. You didn't seem to do even the most basic research for this video. It surprises me a great deal because almost every other video I've seen from you have been on point. Mind you, it is totally fine to not like the book. That's not my complaint. Just your analysis of how he's trying to write drug-free and capture his long lost glory etc. It's just... Wrong. Supremely wrong, even.
"Stephan saw the internet liked he used to do drugs so he made it seem like he was doing drugs" lmaoooo Google is right there my friend. I guess a comment like that is kinda like me commenting on this 4 year old like it's gonna mean anything
Well, I’ve realized you have a completely different taste in books than I do. I’ve been watching some of your old stuff for recommendations etc, and have always felt that your opinions were off for some reason. This review completely explains it. Your taste in books is just different. I’d argue that you have poor taste, but to each his own. I’ve purchased some of your highly recommended books like Gentleman Bastards book 1 and Mistborn book 1. Now I’m curious how, if at all, I’ll appreciate those seeing our drastically different tastes.
So, this book... Kinda the first book I ever read that, as far as it being part of an epic fantasy series, was the definition of 'filler world-building for future books.' Meh.
I really enjoyed this review! If you are a constant reader and want to show another constant reader some support go check out my drawing of three review on my channel!!
I dunno. I'm liking the series (in the middle of the third one now) but I gotta say, reading this one was a little bit of a chore, and I agree with most of what Daniel said here. Book three is a lot better to me so far I really did not like the scenes in New York in book two very much. I'm much much more interested in Roland's world
I guess taste in writing styles/stories varies, because I was immediately immersed in the Drawing of the Three; from the lobstrocity's, to the introduction of the new characters.The story just seemed to jump off the pages and come to life.
I used your review to refresh myself on The Gunslinger since I haven't read it in almost a decade. So after finishing the Drawing of the Three audiobook over a weekend, I had to see your take on this one. I personally loved the book. It was so well written. Surprised you didn't like it and focused on things I enjoyed.
I noticed in a clip that you seem to be listening to these books. I have read and listened to the series and I find myself mostly listening to books now but I know by listening to them I understand them in far less detail and nuance than reading them. You are missing A LOT and I am not sure if it’s because you are not actually reading these books or if you are having a hard time opening up to something outside of genre norm. Bottom line, if you are multitasking while listening to books you have not actually read the books and until you do you probably should not have a channel dedicated to reviewing book you have not actually read. Like I said I am all for audiobooks but are not getting it all. Not even close. If you actually are reading them then I apologize for the rant. While this will always be my favorite series of all time these books have flaws than can be poked at but you are just not getting it and if you want to broaden your depth of knowledge and understanding for fantasy writing as a whole you need to keep at till you do.
Within the first few seconds of the video, you call it The Gunslinger series, and say the title is The Drawling (?) of Three, rather than The Drawing of the Three.
This book made me give up on the series. The end of the first book hinted that the series was going to be cosmic in scope. This book feels like such a missed opportunity-There were three doors, all of which went to boring, unfantastical New York. And I just didn’t care about the plot or the characters at all. And we still don’t know anything about the dark tower or why Roland is seeking it. I definitely agree with all of your assessments, this book read like 100% discovery writing and 0% planning.
So with book 2 of Gunslinger... Ya, that's where you lost me lol. The review for The Gunslinger you kept comparing it to Mistborn. You don't even do any research to learn how old these books are lol. They were written in the 70s and 80s
I have a couple things. First of all, you seem to be a little confused on when this was written. This book was first published in 1987. HE WAS ON A LOT OF DRUGS. That's one year after he wrote IT. He didn't really get off his drug addictions until 1995 (I read his autobiography). So he's not trying to go back to his druggy effect. This IS the druggy effect in action.
Another thing is that I'm absolutely baffled that his masterful pacing and suspense was not mentioned a single time. This book literally had me on the edge of my seat throughout and was one of the most fun books I've ever read. The scene in Balazar's tower blew me away. It's all personal preference, but did you really not feel the same?
Jed Scratchard Yeah I agree with everything you said. I was biting my nails at the part where Roland just completely took over Detta and that chase scene. All the way to the - just in the Knick of time - escape. This guy has all his facts wronged. Don’t make a video on something you don’t know shit about. Try google!
@@Haven6419 yees
Agreed on suspense. Also, I thought how everything came together at the end was SO masterful. The creation of Susannah and relative cliffhanger but still sort of resolution of Jake blew my mind.
Yes thank you lol wtf. This is my favorite book in the series. Eddie was a junkie drug trafficker. There was a lot of that in the 80s, wjo isn't at least interested in what is going on in that guy's mind? I just disagree with everything dude said. The characters are not flat, everything you see is directly through the eyes of the characters ffs. this guy has no patience or understanding that there are 7 books and the man in black will return. You have to just go along with it, take the ride. People bring in their preferences of how the story should be told and don't like it when they don't understand. He's not just pulling stuff out of a hat, wtf? It was a riveting introduction into a whole new universe. Dude wants events to just be summed up around a single event. SK is the gonzo journalist of novelists. You don't know where it's going and that draws you into the moment.
This was my favorite book in the series I am wondering how this reviewer missed the point.
Yah if you dislike the weird and the worldhopping then you'll probably not like the rest of the journey. I'd still encourage you to at least try book 3 but that may be my love of the series showing.
Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?
Woah. Didn't know my favourite literary character was on UA-cam ;)
He's forgotten the face of his father.
The lobstrosities and their lawyerly like questions
You say true and I say thank ya
I wasn’t a big fan of the first one and the second one I thought was a bit better but still not sold. I did what you did, I put the dark tower down for a while and read some other stuff. But holy hot damn is book 3 good, I thought I was going crazy when I read it, I couldn’t believe the step up in quality from the other two. It feels more grounded in his setting and it draws so much purpose from its characters and situations. Books 3-5 are fantastic.
I thought the 3rd book was the best.
I can see where you're coming from in this video, but I have to disagree with you on almost every point. The Dark Tower is one of my three favorite fantasy series of all time, and I found The Drawing of the Three to be a very enjoyable read (and it is The Drawing OF THE Three, not The Drawing of Three). It isn't the best book in the series (the fourth book is), but I think it has some of the most immediate, action-packed writing Stephen King has ever put out (just tell me the gunfight where Roland and Eddie were all but naked was boring, or that the scenes with Jack Mort later on didn't just MOVE). Also, you keep referring to this book as if it was one King had just recently written. It was published back in 1987, thirty-one years ago, and that was back before King sobered up. His writing style was a lot different back then, and he wasn't always a terribly mature storyteller. Oh, and as for the story having no focus, even at this point, THIS early in the series, can't you feel the weight of the Tower? Can't you feel how much the idea of the Tower is propelling Roland forward? I understand this is just your opinion, so I don't hate you for putting the book down so much, I just don't think you were being terribly fair with it.
The guy in the gun store farted and just startled of it due to him thinking it was a gunshot of the revolvers
Dude seriously said that King saw that the internet liked when he was on drugs, and wrote this book in 1987 accordingly.
It's not too late to pull the plug on this one, chief.
I agree wholeheartedly with most of the comments. You must keep reading. The bigger picture comes into focus the further you go. I wanted to put it down several times but I decided that I must also reach the tower before I could do so. It was all worth it. On a side note the character development in this series is one of the best I have ever read.
It's fine to take a break man. I will say, that dimension and universe hopping is a very centered thing in the whole series, and there will be more of it to come. But if you want motivation to pick up the rest of the series, I will say that the 4th book (Wizard and Glass) is my favorite Fantasy book that I have read to date. About 80 or 90% of that book is a flash back to Roland's time in Eld before the world moved on. And it's the book that finally shows you his motivation and obsession with the Tower. It has some glorious glorious action and one of the most painful and at the same time beautiful romantic relationships that I've seen in a King book. Also the world that Roland lives in (before it moved on) feels almost like the Wizard of Oz with this walled city and it's very castle-like or dream-like.
Yeah book 4 is good
I'm having trouble recalling a time I disagreed with somebody else so wholeheartedly. first of all as another user commented this book was written during the height of his drug addiction. and it's also the reason I finished the series I was pretty nonplussed by the opening book but Drawing of the Three made me fall in love and I'm just having a hard time understanding how somebody could dislike it so much
yes, thank you
Keep reading.
I can never understand how someone isn't hooked after the 1st chapter of this book. As soon as he loses his fingers, the whole series just went flying forward for me.
I love this series. It's not a celebration of addiction but about an addict finding redemption. This was a great book that really opened the world/s out.
Hey Daniel, love your videos. Dark Tower is one of my favorite series, and I love talking about it to other readers. Personally I loved Drawing of Three, thought it had some really unique segments and had a masterful ending. BUT I do get where you are coming from; The Gunslinger had this ominous, more powerful tone and was a fascinating tale told through rich evocative prose. It was Stephen at one of his most poetic periods.
i finished this a few weeks ago and i still constantly think about it. world hoping is one of my favorite things to read and king mixed elements of horror, suspense, sy-fi, and fantasy so well.
You obviously don't know when this was written
You need to stick in for book four. I doubt you will like 3, but I guarantee you will LOVE book four -especially if you're well-versed in the King mythology. Trust me, it's what you want.
I have to tell ya, the fourth book, "Wizard and Glass" is pretty much a stand alone origin story, and, honestly from your description, would be EXACTLY what your looking for. Religious/folklore undertones, gritty western vibe, epic fantasy, and amazing character development. Its seriously one of my favorite books of all time, independent of the rest of the Dark Tower series.
"...a really lotta f'in weird character!" haha. It hurts me that Eddie didn't win you over. I love Eddie as a character... I have a weird empathy toward addicts fighting their own demons and struggling to become heros/anti-heros. But yeah, King is weird, no question about that. Definitely a different flavor of fantasy/horror. Personally, I'm a big fan, but I see your points.
Really hope you get to Wizard and Glass at some point. I think you'll love it. (Just gotta get past Blane the Mono... stupid train...)
If there is one thing I learned about King's writing, it's that he doesn't plan much of anything. He just seems to write it as he thinks/dreams/smokes it. That gives his stories a chaotic and unpredictable quality. Is that a bad quality? I guess it depends what you're going for.
stick with it brah! this is a world building book. its basically all a setup for the rest of the series. STICK WITH IT
at least give it until wizard and glass at some point, i think it or wastelands is the best.
Wizard and Glass is Masterful.
This is the book that truly hooked me on King and the Tower series. I also really related to Eddie Dean, having had a drug problem when I was young. This book ripped me apart and put me back together again with its story telling.
There was no internet when King wrote this novel.
Reading through this series for the first time, and I may be in the minority in saying that I preferred The Gunslinger to this book. I do feel that it sets the series up in a way that no direction is off limits. I have a feeling this will be a book that feels more meaningful after other books in the series have been read.
I'm just starting this book. I'm interested in where we are so far but I feel I won't fully appreciate these books until I finish the series and see the whole story
Your analysis of this book really sums up my feelings on this specific book, but I could also kind of see what King was trying to set up with this story. He wanted to give us some viewpoint characters because, since Roland did what he did to Jake in the first novel, there weren't any characters to ask the questions that we, the readers, had. I suspect you will enjoy The Wastelands and Wizard and Glass. If you're not hooked by then, I think Wolves of Calla will do the trick.
Love this book! It was important in building characters and setting up the path to come, but wasn't meant to progress the overall quest past forming his posse. One of my favorite all time reads. Keep reading. One of the finest series ever created.
Am I weird for liking a book due to a single scene/bit? Like, drawing of the three has been my favourite of the series simply because of the bit when Roland/Eddie buys bullets. That's it! That bit is one of my favourite bits in any book I've ever read...
hahahahahah I LOVE THIS SCENE my gaaaad hahahahahahahaa yaaaasssss
I started reading DT series when I was 14 and finished it at 21 - that's when the last book was published. I am glad I enjoyed it back then, because now being much much older I probably wouldn't enjoy it that much. I really liked Roland love story though. Oh, and cute little Oy is a great character)))
Wow this is the book that got me hooked. I read it 10 years ago on vacation and I couldn’t put it down.
Can Stephen King write a black character without feeling the need to mention Jim crow laws, American slavery etc etc?
@@UnbelievablyGauche No. Sleeping Beauties but that's probably due to Owen keeping him in check
"tried so hard to be weird and kooky"
>has yet to, by this point, read The Waste Lands
My favorite book of the series
This book was CRACK to me, the entire first act was SO GOOD.
I liked this book allot, it may actually be my favourite of the Dark tower books. I think as you don't like his writing style I think you may struggle with this series but I really think you should stick with it. It is better than the sum of its parts.
Hi like all ur videos hi from uk 🇬🇧!! Just one question who is ur favourite author???
Hey back! My favorite author is Ernest Hemingway. Something about his simplistic, yet poetic writing styling just hits home for me every time.
Daniel Greene. Hemingway... I like his books but I have never understood the hype about him. When ever I read his books, I think:
"Well that was a good book"
But nothing about them just leaves me changed like the best books I've read. Maybe you could explain why he rises head over shoulders above the rest of the authors out there.
Daniel Greene thanks for the replay happy reading to u!!!
I'm reading this series for the first time and wanted to find someone to digest each book with. Thank you for providing that.
That being said, I really enjoyed your review. I agreed with several points you've made and enjoyed the way you articulated them. King's way of throwing a curve ball and hyper sexualizing situations in extreme violent or pervasive manners out of nowhere chief among them. I also felt you made a strong argument for the points I disagreed with.
I look forward to experiencing the rest of the series with you. Great work.
King is a masterful story-teller and only a so-so writer, I think he'd even say that. Opposite of grrm, who is great writer, horrible story-teller. I prefer king.
Interesting to have read these books as they came out and now hear opinions of people discovering the series. The world has moved on since then. Dude this book completely blew the doors off anything id ever conceived of when i read it in the late 80s! This shit was wild! Would have there ever been a door into John malkovich‘s brain without the drawing of the three?
I have to disagree about your review. The story and the setting were so enthralling. And this book was written in the mid 80s. This is one of my favourite Dark Tower and Stephen King books. Really cool.
So I read this as a King Fan before I read any other fantasy novel so I didn't have any expections in that way. I think a lot of the more character exploration you are looking for occurs in Wastelands and Wizard and Glass. You also get more of the western feel.
ok...your mind is amazing Daniel and look forward to all your reviews...one important thing about this series is read The Wind Through The Keyhole...it is book 4.5, but you can jump into it at anytime in the series...it is such a wonderful opening to the mind of Roland...ONE more important thing...I cant wait to buy one of your books...I can see you being a phenomenal writer! Good luck brother...hope to read your book before the "clearing at the end of the path"
I love The Drawing Of the Three and think it's one of the best in the Dark Tower series. I got it from my local library all the way back in 1995, agrd 15. I hadn't read the first one ( Iwasn't aware it was oart of a series), and from the opening pages, it had my attention.
King literally takes his bad-ass gunslinger (reminded me so much of Clint Eastwoods Spaghetti Western character) and handicapped him. The world hopping, Eddie's introduction, (what a character!) Odetta/Detta, are absolutely phenomenal characters, who had their faults - I love that kind of thing in writing - the unintentional humour 'tooter fish' had me in stitches.
The only thing i didn't like about drawing of the Three was the 'love at first sight' thing with Eddie and Odetta/Detta. I'd have liked to have seen that built up over the course of the book, perhaps developed in The Wastelands to give their relationship more depth and meaning, but I get it feeds into the themes of destiny, and thats probably why it was written this way, it just didnt feel organic and pulled me out of the story a bit.
Jack Morts' character is also very good. The twist involving him is excellent ( I didn't see it coming). And how he is written is also great. At 15, i wasnt aware or the sexual element that goes hand in glove with many serial killers, so it felt odd, but reading it as an adult its entirely in line with Jack Morts psychological profile. It's uncomfortable, but it's meant to be because you're in his head, so you're going to be privvy to the sexual gratification Mort gets from doing what he does.
I prefer this one over The Wastelands, which is also great, but for me, this one takes the prize.
The next two books, The Wastelands and The Wizard and Glass are the best ones in the series. The Wastelands was my favorite as it had the most movement out of any of the books, where as The Wizard and Glass was just a 600 page story about when the gunslinger was young and told his story, one of his stories about when he was young and how he learned about the evil in the wastelands. I have yet to read the 7th book though, I've been reading more science fiction as of late and it just sits on my shelf until I want to dive into a 1,000 page slug.
I actually read The Stand instead and was not as impressed, being one of King's most highly received and respected novels. The Shining was better, in fact Robert McCammon's Swan Song was better in retrospect. I wish that guy was garnered more respect and his books were republished. Hard to find yet highly enjoyable. Have you ever read a Robert McCammon book? One of his 80's Fantasy/horror type of books? Real good. Basically a B list King that can top King in the areas that King fails at. Though King can build a community/small world/characters better than any novelist I have ever read.
"It feels like this Tolkien guy saw on the internet how nostalgic people are for old timey quests so that's why he tried to bring that style back with how he wrote The Lord Of The Rings..."
damn. u read these quick brah! wtf. these books took me 2 or 3 weeks a piece. took u like 1. congrats on those skills! love this series please keep them coming
Drawing of 3 is great. For more mature that I haven’t heard you mention Full Dark No Stars and Revival are so great. Your flat gunslinger will change dramatically through the series but this is one of the most fast paced great stories.
I know this is kind of an old review, but here are my thoughts on Dark Tower having completed it:
Once you've finished it, it .makes a lot of sense to read the whole thing almost allegorically. It beco.es way more about the endless wheel of story, it becomes really self-aware that his story has lost its purpose, it offers Eddie the druggy as an example of why this story started off without a purpose and the whole story becomes about King trying to use bits of his disjointed stories to pull everything back to the path of the beam, a possible allegory for the purposeful story. This did not make sense until the end because King didnt make it about that until the end. At this point in the series, its he being lost off the beam's path, struggling to find a way forward. It's a hard and unpleasant journey to eventually get to the end and all the shit you have to weed through only makes sense to me if you read it mostly as King making an allegory that goes full on metacognitive at times. It's about this archetypical Gunslinger yeah, but it's way more about King getting lost in writing and his world and ambition and trying to pull it all back together. Some will hate, some will love. Would be interesting to analyze critically though, on a classroom setting. Very postmodern.
Hey Dan, love your channel.
I know I'm a bit late to the party but I respectfully disagree with most of the negative stuff in this review. I have read this series once and listened to it twice on audiobook and this is probably my
My favourite DT book
Surprising to hear you weren't totally invested in Roland's character in "The Gunslinger."
As a pretty big fan of king, particularly the dark tower series, I have to agree that the Drawing of the Three is one of the weakest of the series. However it is worth mentioning that while the narrative here can seem a bit pointless or try hard edgy, there are crucial plot points that don't seem all that crucial until later in the series. It's probably the weakest of the series. The Wastelands is pretty good, lots of interesting usage of imagery and commentary on human nature. But I will say, book 4 Wizards and Glass is truly one of my favorite King books. It really is where King finds his inner Fantasy writer as far as I'm concerned. He really powers through his edgy vibe to bring some emotionally stirring work that he rarely showcases any ability with IMO. But also, it's king so there is still some weird stuff to be found hahaha. Look forward to hearing the rest of this series reviewed, I'm actually on my second read through right now.
If you don't like the super weird stuff, you probably won't like the rest of it. The universe hopping doesn't stop. Book 3 takes place in a dystopian wasteland, most of book 4 is flashbacks, and from there it just gets really weird and meta.
I love super weird stuff! It was just not hitting its target in my opinion for the whole story. Felt like he was firing from the hip and instead of taking aim. There was very little method to the madness.
Your book shelf looks like the dark tower.
Drawing of the Three felt like he just got carried away and rambled for 500 pages and then decided "Ok, this was supposed to just be the first three chapters, but it's really long so I'll just call it a novel." The Waste Lands is better but not great. As someone who has grown up with King, this series has been on my bucket list for many years, but so far it's a struggle.
This is probably my favorite book in the series
I love this fucking book just how weird and the idea of having three doorways and the gunslinger walks through them like mentally but his physical body is still on the beach like I feel the conflict of he has a choice to live as Eddie or susanah or jack but he uses them for the tower but king does it fun and wacky I like it thats it I like it.
Question- do you feel you get the full story/get the most out of a book listening on 1.5 speed vs. physically reading something?
Wow, how fast do you read!? Since I found your channel all way back to the start of the Character vs Tournament I’ve been reading Warbreaker
I should just have this written in my notes somewhere so I can copy and paste is whenever I get asked this. Lol I work in an office 8 hours a day. Due to that I listen to audible 6-7 hours a day at 1.5 speed. When you do that you can burn through books FAST. In addition to that I read about another two hours physical books most days.
Daniel Greene I wish I had that commitment & motivation to read/ listen. I procrastinate so much, looking to do pretty much anything besides reading. It’s probably my dyslexia. I really enjoy reading and writing my own work. But the procrastination is too strong in me.
But watching your reviews inspires me to read more, and listening to the way you talk about books, characters & the technical side of things, inspires me to write.
Thankyou
All this very explained very well in the third book sorry you feel this way. Down the road pick it up.
daniel has to roast his old bookshelf😁
It was quite a surprise to hear you compare The Drawing of the Three, one of my favorite books of all time, to The Last Jedi, my least favorite Star Wars movie. Lol
I understand what you mean though.
I started laughing so hard at your face at the "came in his pants" part, I honestly made the same face. I read the first one and thought "I wonder if this is better when on drugs". Then I looked it up and found out that it was written while on drugs, so I was not that far off. Decided it was too weird for me and just gave up on the series. Oops.
Did you ever revisit it like Daniel did?
@@Th3Downz no I didn't! Decided King had enough other books that I could read, and that this just wasnt for me
@@tana3537 Fair enough! I'm your complete opposite lol.. I have barely read any of his other works and I loved The Dark Tower from the jump with how off the wall it was and it's just getting better so far. That being said I'm only on the 5th book so this could all go to shit.
@@Th3Downz haha i've read a couple of his other works and really liked those. So fantasy King just isn't for me! I enjoy weird, but didn't enjoy all the jumps being made. Glad that you like it tho. For the ending: I'm one of the people that thinks that his endings aren't always that great
@@tana3537 Hey, I can't argue with that. It's cool he has such a broad spectrum of story types that there's probably something for everyone.
I think Drawing of the Three was written when Stephen King was under the influence of his addiction to drugs. I heard he lost his outlines the gunslinger series after book 3 so they make a huge turn.
krynn1 As far as I know, he never outlined them. It’s not his style.
I found this, collider.com/stephen-king-interview-the-dark-tower/, it was a rough outline
The naked suxual things also made sense with some actual psychological ideas floating around by licenced psychiatric professionals at the time. Although it doesn't hold up to the advancement of the science, it is nonetheless for its time well researched as a realistic reaction based on the information.
I think you are off when King wrote this. The Drawing of the Three was written BEFORE It, during his heavy drug phase. So it reads like he's trying to write in his heavy drug phase because...he was. And boy howdy, does it read like that. If you like the setting of Roland's world and the mythology in it, you are going to love books 3 and 4 and 5. The Drawing of the Three is definitely that weird one where it's like, okay, huh, well, we have our characters now, in like, the craziest way possible, but okay, moving on. Let's find us a tower :P
King was on Drugs. This was written before he quit, and before he could check the internet for what people think lol. I don't disagree with your review otherwise. The third book was my favorite.
One of my top 5 series series of all time; partially due to nostalgic reasons. This series kept me alive. King's flaws do come out in this series, but you get so attached to the characters (Eddie, Father Callahan, Roland) you wanna see it through to the end. I had the same feeling of trying to figure out if i was just cruising through the books until Wizard and Glass. Which was just amazing to me. Hopefully will redeem the series once you get to it. Then you too might find yourself on a mission to reach the tower.
Diggin all the good videos brotha. Thanks for creating sort of a small online community.
It's funny because I completely disagree. I absolutely hated book 1. I don't know why. I should have liked it. But I didn't. It was so bad that I never wanted to pick up the dark tower. I gave it a chance again 2 years later and found that I'm absolutely loving this book. It might be trending as my third favourite king book behind the stand and 112263
You didn't even get the title right. That is not a good sign...
Oht! John wick in a cab when its raining lol. The rain goes down behind him on window looks like matrix code lol. Yayyyyy matrix code back. Is john wick in the matrix? Lol
Hey maaaan, I love your channel and I had a question I've been thinking about for a while. Not sure why, just curious, maybe you could awnser in a Q&A or not. Last Q&A you said you were a socialist, I was just curious what you meant by that. Do you support socialism as a whole or socializing the capitalism we have currently. Totally not an attack, just been thinking about it for some reason 😂. All love Daniel. Dope video.
I got mind fucked when you said You Are gonna read Witcher because that's the same thing I do right now I read the dark tower and The WITCHER !!!
As a wise Redditor once said "I mean I don't agree with you in any way but I totally get what you're saying and really understand how you could feel that way."
And that’s what I love about books! Everyone has a different experience in these wonderful world that are made.
I’ve read the series and I agree with you on this one. His “let the story take you” instead of plotting shows its pitfalls with this series. I’d recommend stop while you’re still early on. I wish I had.
It’s still far better than doing the plotting style of writing, though. That’s writing often at its worst. Why do you wish that you stopped? The books only get better from here and it has a very worthwhile and rewarding ending on top of it all.
Wow I know it's all opion based but I honestly don't know how you can not love this book. I have read it multiple times now and it always has me on the edge of my seat. Eddie Dean is one of my favorite King characters of all time. If you are that put off by a serial killer being sexually aroused by his murders it's you that needs to grow up a little bit.
I'm a bit confused about your "rant" in the second half of the video when you talk about King kind of backpedalling and trying to recapture his druggie days, because Drawing of the Three came out in the early 1980's when he was right in the middle of those issues.
I definitely agree with your assessment of this book in a lot of ways. Most Dark Tower fans hail it as the strongest of the series, but I was aching for the tone King established in book 1. He never recaptures it in later volumes, which is a let down. I adored the series when I was a teenager, and while I haven't re-read it since then, looking back on it I sometimes cringe at the choices King made. I think books 1 and 4 are the strongest. I skimmed over a crap ton of book 5 because it just killed me with how boring it was. Book six lacks a strong identity and feels just like a bridge between books 5 and 7. I sort of like book 7, especially the ending (which a lot of people hate).
YAY A NEW VIDEO!!!
The story continues the rest of the way. You said you didn’t like how it threw things from book one away. Well, know the narrative continues.
I love your stuff Daniel, but I think you dropped the ball on this one. You speak as if you were under the impression that The Drawing of The Three was somehow published last year or something? It was published in the 80s. King was still very much on drugs. Your entire analysis of this book is just... Wrong. You didn't seem to do even the most basic research for this video. It surprises me a great deal because almost every other video I've seen from you have been on point. Mind you, it is totally fine to not like the book. That's not my complaint. Just your analysis of how he's trying to write drug-free and capture his long lost glory etc. It's just... Wrong. Supremely wrong, even.
You don't like the world hopping?
spoilers''
Welp your not gonna like the rest.
Also you gotta keep reading dude, your judging it too soon, basically everything your complaining about gets better lol.
"Stephan saw the internet liked he used to do drugs so he made it seem like he was doing drugs" lmaoooo Google is right there my friend. I guess a comment like that is kinda like me commenting on this 4 year old like it's gonna mean anything
Gunslinger series? XD
way better than part 1 imo
Please step it up out of 10 is the ultimate dad disapproval comment.
John wick would be a cool sequel trilogy to matrix cept you don't know til end then they have trinity or someone find him again lol
I think the sexual stuff, specifically with Mort, makes a lot of sense. Why is Mort evil? He gets off on hurting people. Literally.
Well, I’ve realized you have a completely different taste in books than I do. I’ve been watching some of your old stuff for recommendations etc, and have always felt that your opinions were off for some reason.
This review completely explains it. Your taste in books is just different. I’d argue that you have poor taste, but to each his own.
I’ve purchased some of your highly recommended books like Gentleman Bastards book 1 and Mistborn book 1. Now I’m curious how, if at all, I’ll appreciate those seeing our drastically different tastes.
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So, this book... Kinda the first book I ever read that, as far as it being part of an epic fantasy series, was the definition of 'filler world-building for future books.' Meh.
This makes no sense because he wrote this in the 70s so he couldn’t have reflected to write this book
#spoileralways it goes back to the other world after this book. don't quit these vids please
I agree that this is the weakest of the dark tower series.
I really enjoyed this review! If you are a constant reader and want to show another constant reader some support go check out my drawing of three review on my channel!!
Dude you don't make sense what?
I like watching your videos but I seem to disagree with you on everything
How could you not enjoy this story? I feel like you're over analysing everything and it's preventing you from actually enjoying it for what it is.
I dunno. I'm liking the series (in the middle of the third one now) but I gotta say, reading this one was a little bit of a chore, and I agree with most of what Daniel said here. Book three is a lot better to me so far
I really did not like the scenes in New York in book two very much. I'm much much more interested in Roland's world
I guess taste in writing styles/stories varies, because I was immediately immersed in the Drawing of the Three; from the lobstrocity's, to the introduction of the new characters.The story just seemed to jump off the pages and come to life.
I used your review to refresh myself on The Gunslinger since I haven't read it in almost a decade. So after finishing the Drawing of the Three audiobook over a weekend, I had to see your take on this one. I personally loved the book. It was so well written. Surprised you didn't like it and focused on things I enjoyed.
I noticed in a clip that you seem to be listening to these books. I have read and listened to the series and I find myself mostly listening to books now but I know by listening to them I understand them in far less detail and nuance than reading them.
You are missing A LOT and I am not sure if it’s because you are not actually reading these books or if you are having a hard time opening up to something outside of genre norm. Bottom line, if you are multitasking while listening to books you have not actually read the books and until you do you probably should not have a channel dedicated to reviewing book you have not actually read.
Like I said I am all for audiobooks but are not getting it all. Not even close. If you actually are reading them then I apologize for the rant.
While this will always be my favorite series of all time these books have flaws than can be poked at but you are just not getting it and if you want to broaden your depth of knowledge and understanding for fantasy writing as a whole you need to keep at till you do.
I don’t know, the audiobook for drawing of the three is rather phenomenal, and from my perspective actually enhanced my appreciation of the text.
Within the first few seconds of the video, you call it The Gunslinger series, and say the title is The Drawling (?) of Three, rather than The Drawing of the Three.
This book made me give up on the series. The end of the first book hinted that the series was going to be cosmic in scope. This book feels like such a missed opportunity-There were three doors, all of which went to boring, unfantastical New York. And I just didn’t care about the plot or the characters at all. And we still don’t know anything about the dark tower or why Roland is seeking it. I definitely agree with all of your assessments, this book read like 100% discovery writing and 0% planning.
I didn't get through this one.
So with book 2 of Gunslinger...
Ya, that's where you lost me lol. The review for The Gunslinger you kept comparing it to Mistborn. You don't even do any research to learn how old these books are lol. They were written in the 70s and 80s