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Book Review of The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
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This is definitely the start of something larger. The gunslinger chases after the Man in Black, over a bleak terrain...

There's a lot of mood setting here, and an introduction to the strange in the world that's been created. It doesn't feel like typical King at all, though that may have more to do with the age he was when he wrote the book, more than anything else.

Worth reading, if you feel committed to King's whole magnum opus, but it's sure not a last minute airport purchase...

4 of 5 stars.