tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714025510421557056.post1742149117822116180..comments2024-03-28T05:46:47.107-05:00Comments on Dungeons and D20s: Book Review: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King - The Dark Tower Book IIRobChandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751057765555584823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714025510421557056.post-91516722387545220992011-06-27T18:51:11.804-05:002011-06-27T18:51:11.804-05:00Well, you both make a compelling case for me to co...Well, you both make a compelling case for me to continue on with the series. I want to like the story, and even in this particular book, there were great moments. I like the idea of Roland as an anti-hero who is willing to sacrifice his friends if it means getting to his goal. It adds a characteristic you don't often find in literature. I suppose my main problem with the character has been the fact that he's an enigma of sorts. Don't get me wrong, I get the fact that his mysterious nature is written in a deliberate manner this way, but at times it has been hard to connect with him as a character. I don't know, I just felt like I was going to get more out of this second book than I actually got. I understand that in future books, Rolands past will be elaborated, as well as the events which led to the destruction of his world. Perhaps after I've caught up on some more items on my reading list, I'll get the third book and give it another go.RobChandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751057765555584823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714025510421557056.post-52236079593025908342011-06-27T17:59:16.038-05:002011-06-27T17:59:16.038-05:00The Waste Lands is probably my second favorite of ...The Waste Lands is probably my second favorite of the series (behind the first), although Wolves of the Calla and Wizard and Glass are two very good ones as well.<br /><br />I might be in the minority, but I prefer the flighty, surreal philosophical quality of the first novel to the relentless concreteness of the later books in the series which, even when drifting into worlds more thought than substance still feel like they were written by Dashiell Hammett.Taketoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876641059472816784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714025510421557056.post-91431983596232527312011-06-27T17:23:30.627-05:002011-06-27T17:23:30.627-05:00This is one of my favorite fantasy series ever, bu...This is one of my favorite fantasy series ever, but yeah, re-reading the first two now is really different than the first time I read them back in the late 80's.<br /><br />Back then, the desolation and mystery of Roland's world was enchanting, and Roland's personality, as assholish as he is compelling, drew me along.<br /><br />I doubt King's got it in him, but he revised The Gunslinger to be slightly more in line with the latter books, but Drawing of the Three never got that. It could use it, IMO.<br /><br />Still, the Wastelands is maybe the high point of the series for me. No more endless beach, and the quest really gets underway in it.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.com