#32 – The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three

Plot

While pursuing his quest for the Dark Tower through a world that is a nightmarishly distorted mirror image of our own, Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters the life of a different person living in contemporary New York. Here he links forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes, in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies.

Review

The second book in The Dark Tower series opens with a fantastic sequence on the beach involving monster lobsters. It then quickly transpires into setting up the foundation for the rest of this epic series, as we learn the identities of Roland’s crew – or ka-tet.

From a straight story and character developing perspective, this novel brings the action. I was blown away by King’s creativity ability and was very quickly drawn to all of the characters involved. My personal favorite was Eddie Dean as I was enthralled with both his struggle – and ultimately – his redemption.

My two knocks from The Drawing of the Three is the love story that begins to fester at the end didn’t feel deserved and the writing can be a little uneven at times. King introduces a character by the name of Susannah Deah, who was born out of her split personalities of Odetta and Detta. The way King describes the interactions between those differing personalities was often confusing and made for some slow reading.

Details

Pages: 463

Dates Read: Pre-2012

Quote: “What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.”

Best Part: Roland opens the third – and final – door.

Hint for #31: The only movie from a Stephen King adaptation to win an Academy Award.

 

Until next time, peace be the journey.