The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book I)
Author, Stephen King
Wow. That is my initial reaction having just closed this book. The entire book was written with an air of suspense...waiting for an event that was big, an explanation, an answer. But while you are waiting, you are taken through many horrific events, thrilling and suspenseful. The Slow Mutants in the train tunnels, The Preacher woman in Tull...the entire town of Tull. The life of Jake.
My favorite quotes? I cannot write them here...I will just say that the vision the Man in Black gives Roland, along with the explanation of that vision. It ties us to the book...to the world, the universe, and to what may lay ahead for all of us. It opened up a new line of thinking for me...and let's just say that "Going Green" and recycling isn't going to help.
My favorite part of this book? Okay maybe it's because I'm a HUGE Stephen King fan and he can do no wrong in my eyes, but I really enjoyed the Afterword. To understand where this book is coming from, to know that it just is...and it will be whatever it is, makes me want to hurry up and read the next in the series...to find out where it's going, as Stephen King himself found out while writing the book. And to know that this story has been alive in King's life from the beginning...and will go on till the end...but as Roland says, it's only the end of the beginning...because is there really ever an end or a beginning? That's the questions this book rouses in me.
I loved it. Creativity, Thoughts, visuals, etc...
The Critical Librarian gives this book 5 Stars and highly recommends this for an excellent read!
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