![]() ![]() Roland’s goal is to find the Man in Black and get answers about The Dark Tower. ![]() If you’re able to practice patience however, you’ll begin to see that reading about these irrelevant moments subtly helps you build a bond with Roland (The Gunslinger) that makes you begin to care about his mission. If you’re someone who relies on a writing structure that carries you along then you may begin to struggle with The Gunslinger as it strays far from what’s considered normal especially given that this book was first written in 1982. There are so many cases in this book of Stephen King describing mundane activities such as hunting, eating, sleeping, or walking through a desert and you begin to feel as though the story isn’t really progressing as quickly as it should. I had a tough time getting into The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger initially, but by the end of the book I found myself eager to continue reading The Gunslinger’s journey, even given the fact that not much really happened. Stephen King novels are so uniquely dark in concept that you require a whole new level of appreciation for literature to fully grasp what he’s able to do. Stephen King isn’t the kind of author brand that produces page-turner thrillers to accompany you on a plane journey a Stephen King book is nowhere near as accessible as say a James Patterson novel. Stephen King is one of the most unique brands in literature. ![]()
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