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bookscoffeecats's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
millionpages's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! Nachdem ich erstmal den Durchblick gefunden habe, wie das Buch aufgebaut ist und auch mit der Schreibweise von King klar gekommen bin, was nach kurzer Zeit der Fall war , hat mich das Buch umgehauen. Gerade das Ende macht mich unglaublich heiß darauf, zu lesen, worauf es später im Großen zugehen wird!! Es lohnt sich.
osborne2read's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
4.0
tremkenn's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
ac223's review against another edition
2.0
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The Gunslinger was recommended to me and I can definitely see the appeal. However, it's just not my thing. It took me forever to finish even though it started out promising. The premise is fascinating, but the writing style makes things too complicated. In King's defense, I almost never enjoy male writers and I have no idea why. The imagery was amazing in some places and so overboard that it bored me in others. I wanted King to just get to the point. It's the same way I feel when I read some of the old classics, yes, it's brilliant; but if I'm not enjoying it, then it's pointless.
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."
The Gunslinger was recommended to me and I can definitely see the appeal. However, it's just not my thing. It took me forever to finish even though it started out promising. The premise is fascinating, but the writing style makes things too complicated. In King's defense, I almost never enjoy male writers and I have no idea why. The imagery was amazing in some places and so overboard that it bored me in others. I wanted King to just get to the point. It's the same way I feel when I read some of the old classics, yes, it's brilliant; but if I'm not enjoying it, then it's pointless.
psyco12_2000's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
_bethb's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
2.0
Apparently I read this book in 2013 and gave it 4 stars on goodreads. I do not remember this at all. I just finished the audio book and would not give it 4 stars today (2024). Today I would give it 2 stars, so I will average it out and call it 3.
I found this book to be really disjointed and hard to follow. This makes sense; King wrote this not originally as a novel, but as multiple separate short stories over the course of about a decade. I didn’t understand what was going on most of the time. If this was an author I was unfamiliar with, I likely would not have finished the whole book. But I have read enough stuff by King that I’ve loved that I’m going to continue the series and see how it goes.
I found this book to be really disjointed and hard to follow. This makes sense; King wrote this not originally as a novel, but as multiple separate short stories over the course of about a decade. I didn’t understand what was going on most of the time. If this was an author I was unfamiliar with, I likely would not have finished the whole book. But I have read enough stuff by King that I’ve loved that I’m going to continue the series and see how it goes.
wilde91's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.5
The first 75% of this book is incredibly slow, but the last 25% really picks up and begins to get interesting.