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nerdyreferencelibrarian89 's review for:
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
Parts of this book I was immensely entertained by. The gunslinger in Tuul (sp?), his interactions with several of the people of the wastelands, and even some of his flashbacks were highly interesting, both in their action and their dialogue.
However, for every segment I loved, there was at least double that that I found boring and struggled to connect to the larger plot of the book. The gunslinger meets up with a boy Jake, and this is where I found myself struggling to get thru the story.
Jake and his interactions are weird. Purposefully so I think, but still weird. The second half of the book also leans heavily on the dream-like qualities of the story, which is not an aspect I particularly enjoyed.
I also found the final confrontation between the gunslinger and the man in black extremely anticlimatic. The books starts on such a high note, and it just sort of fizzles and ends with a cough.
I will not be continuing further into the series, as this did not really wow me.
If you like weird dream-like books, where several characters and plot points seem purposefully weird and random, this may be the book for you :).
However, for every segment I loved, there was at least double that that I found boring and struggled to connect to the larger plot of the book. The gunslinger meets up with a boy Jake, and this is where I found myself struggling to get thru the story.
Jake and his interactions are weird. Purposefully so I think, but still weird. The second half of the book also leans heavily on the dream-like qualities of the story, which is not an aspect I particularly enjoyed.
I also found the final confrontation between the gunslinger and the man in black extremely anticlimatic. The books starts on such a high note, and it just sort of fizzles and ends with a cough.
I will not be continuing further into the series, as this did not really wow me.
If you like weird dream-like books, where several characters and plot points seem purposefully weird and random, this may be the book for you :).