Reviews

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

nahlaaly56's review against another edition

2.0

DNF'd, not for me.

aleclobe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a huge improvement from the first installment. A page turner too. What I love most about this one is how unapologetically bizarre it is. This is the book that will get you hooked on the dark tower series.

nobrainer's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Child death, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, and Drug abuse

ahmed_m's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

bookscoffeecats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

nbarrett17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was much better than the first book, in my opinion, as we got much more of our world mixed with Roland’s. I loved the premise of traveling between worlds and within minds. It was written so well! My only negatives were that I feel there was sometimes a little too much filler, and there was one character I was not fond of at all and got way too much page time. 

Overall, there are still many unanswered questions, but I’m excited to see where the series goes from here.

vbarrett17's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Better than the first. The plot was easier to follow, and the characters were more interesting. I enjoyed how King tied the cast together and the arcs that developed (especially Eddie Dean's character). However, I am still left with more questions than answers that make the ending unsatisfactory.

osborne2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

tremkenn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

igeek's review against another edition

5.0

While this was not the best book I have ever read it was a nice continuation of the series. It left me eagerly anticipating reading the next one.
I did not see the climatic ending coming the way it did.
Onto the next book.