The Gunslinger: Dark Tower I

March 12, 2004

Finished reading Stephen King’s Gunslinger. The book is a fun romp with excellent twists of language and plot, jumping timelines very gracefully. I admire that and followed along easily as a reader, though I’m not sure what new twists the more recently revised version would bring to light. The book also has some really neat engravings that give a great feel to the whole thing, making a neat ensemble.

Aside from the language, I like the sense the neat society constructed in the story, even though that society is at its end. While the reader is learning a lot about the world and the gunslinger, the lack of information isn’t frustrating, and the story doesn’t feel rushed. The gunslinger, with his slow piecing together of things, seems somehow smarter than us all. It’ll be fun to move on to book two.

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