Reviews

Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

budlers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

definitelyatlas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aydanroger's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

jfaberrit's review against another edition

3.0

The second novel in the Dark Tower series doesn't really provide much more information about Roland beyond the fragmentary pieces we got from the first novel, but it does provide a bit more information about him and his new companions. Unfortunately, the Stephen King who has long had a knack for characters isn't entirely present here - Eddie and O/Detta are more 2-dimensional than three, and Roland is still largely a cipher. Jack Mort barely gets to do anything other than serve as a pocket guide to NYC. Overall, the book moves along ok, and reaches a relatively satisfying conclusion, but it's awfully thin at times. Fairly well-written, but about what in the end? Honestly, I;m not quite sure.

dmilk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bantwalkers's review against another edition

4.0

So much better than the first book. Much easier to understand. Cool mixture of western/SF/Horror/Fantasy genres. However, the character of Detta Walker is hard to take, even if she is supposed to be charicature and an evil character, her parts were nearly unreadable. The rest with Eddie and especially The Pusher are especially great. Finally, lobstrosities is a hilarious word.

yasmin_98's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it better than the first one. There is more explanation but still very cryptic which keeps you hooked to the story. Very complex and very confusing.
This is no book you can read while doing other stuff on which you have to concentrate.
I was very glad for the little summary at the beginning as it has been a while when I listened to the first book. I also enjoy the kinda outro or authors note at the end where Stephen King is giving a heads up for the next books.

apocryphal_goose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

akuma_kaoru's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jacentaaa's review against another edition

Just couldn’t get into it. :(