ReadtheBookBeforetheMovie

Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger: The Gunslinger | Stephen King

I'm a fan of Uncle Stevie's but somehow The Dark Tower series was #DNF for me in its first entry. Now that the movie's coming out I figure it's about time I give it another try. #ReadtheBookBeforetheMovie

NerdyRev I say it often, I dig Stephen King, but he needs an editor to trim his books. He is so creative, but I don't want to read 700 pages all the time 😀 7y

monkeygirlsmama I also couldn't get into this one. That was over 20 years ago though, and I've since been told on multiple occasions how I have to give it another go. Apparently it's quite incredible, or so the rumors go. 😋I haven't yet gotten around to giving it a second chance, but I intend to at some point. 7y

Kpiper I agree 100%, but I don't think I can give it another go. 7y

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Kangaj1 Is that series scary? I can't do scary now, though I used to read him in high school. Just read 11/24/63 and LOVED it. Would love to read more like that. 7y

EricQiao @NerdyRev @Kpiper Oh man, 10 pages in and I'm already discouraged. @monkeygirlsmama I'll finish at least the first one and let you know if it's worth another go. @Kangaj1 I think it's more fantasy than horror. 7y

Gayan This is the only King I haven't been able to finish but @Josie says it gets much better after the first one so I'm going to give it another go. 7y

EricQiao @Gayan @Josie I wonder if one could skip the first 😅... would I miss out much? 7y

Josie @EricQiao you can definitely skip the first one. What I would do is just go online and read a summary of it. That will give you all the background you'll need for Drawing of the Three (which is my favorite!!!!) and the story pretty much retells itself in the second book. You'll be fine to skip it. 7y

Bookdragon69 I thought the same as you so I read the book. I didn't really like it and it didn't make me want to read the series. Maybe I'm just not the fantasy genre type. I am still going to watch the movie. I'm a M.M. fan. 😍 7y

JoRead I really need to get to it before the movie comes out! 7y

Bcox129 I agree with Josie, don't spend too much time on the first book. The Drawing of the Three is excellent. I am not much of a fan of fantasy, but ended up loving the Dark Tower series. I hope the movie does it justice. 7y

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