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Book Review: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

The Drawing of the Three 

(The Dark Tower #2)

By Stephen King 


Published Year: 1987

Page Count: 463 pages 

Medium Used: Kindle PW 

Genre : Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Suspense, Multiverse,2024-read. 

Rating : 5/5 




Loved this one.


 Detta Walker is one of my crazy favorite characters in fiction. I expected there to be three people along with Roland because there are three doors to get one from each .. but what Stephen King did with the last one .. didn't see it coming! At the same time, I am a bit confused. Roland wants to get to the Dark Tower real bad. He doesn't care whom he has to sacrifice on the way as he gets there. It feels like we are walking along with him. And he is just as clueless as us about how to get there,what to do to get there. If so, my question is, how did he just do what he did with the Jack Mort character? What if he will be needed on the journey? I just didn't get it. 


The journey of Roland continues to the dark tower. As he continues to walk along the beach .. fending himself from the lobstrosities that chop off and eat his fingers .. and going through the doors on his path, leading him to different times and different worlds .. to get a junkie Eddie Dean, a crippled Schizophrenic Odetta Susannah Holmes and finally a pusher, Jack Mort, who has been pushing and maiming people for a long time. The genius mind and amazing writing capabilities of Mr.King are on full display here.  He made Detta Walker .. a schizo half of Odetta Susannah .. a very memorable character for me. The unrelenting speech pouring out of her mouth and the madness she possesses are stunning. She sent chills down my spine. She is a whackadoodle, crazy witch and I liked her for it !! From the third door, Roland can't come back because Detta is waiting for him with crazy schemes.  But he makes a brilliant maneuver that not only stitches Odetta and Detta into one .. but also delivers on karmic justice. Loved it. !


The world building is, out of question, brilliant. The world of Roland - filled with lobsters which are aimed to kill and chop chop, a long sandy beach with doors to other worlds (other universe earths mostly New York) popping up and rolling hills and plains which eventually will lead into the dark tower. Would I like to be a part of this bleak and empty world? No. But would i like to read about it and see where things head to ? Hell. Yes!!  


Looking forward to the next book in the series!  



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