The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Bk. 1 (Dark Tower) - Stephen King

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Mar 9 11:07

This is the start of an absolutely huge story, spanning 7 books, 30 years worth of writing and over 3000 pages of work. Steven King started this book at the age of 19 deciding that in his life he wanted to create something better than The Lord of the Rings, something that would be epic, something that would be big. He certainly achieved this, the story starts off in this book as kind of setting the scene, introducing you to the main character Roland of Gilead and giving you insight into what kind of man he is and what he is doing. I found this one a bit harder to read than the others but it is definitely a good book and worth reading through as once you reach books 2 and 3 you will be sold on the series for good. The rest of the books are considerably bigger than the first, but i found mys...Read more

Rating : 10/10