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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451166586
ISBN number: 0451166582
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: December 08, 1987
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: April 10, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 34929
Studio: Signet
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-THE PRELUDE TO THE CLASSIC DARK TOWER SERIES.
A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards, here is epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it.
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A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must do battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of Good to fight for what is rightfully his. This is a masterpiece of classic dragons-and-magic fantasy that only Stephen King could have written!
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A departure from the usual SK, but with tie-ins to other novels. The hero Peter reminds me a bit of the Jack Sawyer character in the Talisman. For King readers a must, for others a take it or leave it.
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Minus: The pacing in this book is excruciatingly slow, and the way it's told in the third person with the narrator making self-references adds a detrimentally insulating layer between the reader and the story.
Plus: The story itself is good, and the characters are interesting and believable.
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Ok, so I am a huge Stephen King fan, and I do like most of his books, but there are a few I absolutely loathe. When I very first read this book, I had no idea what to expect, and I ended up getting hooked to the story, and read it all the way through in one sitting, which is extremely unusual for me; I've only been able to do that with this and the 1st Harry Potter book.
Anyway, this is a fairy tale as only Stephen King can write it. There are some gruesome deaths that would satisfy any King fan, but the bulk of this book is focused on plot and character development. I was so impressed with this story, I gave it to my sister who hates Stephen King to read, hoping that she would like it anyway. She loved it too!! So I'd have to say, even if you're not a Stephen King fan, you should give this book a chance, you might just like it.
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Stephen King, along with Ann Rice and JRR Tolkien, are three of the most overrated writers in history, and for the exact same reason: They inundate and blugeon the reader with so much excruciating detail and pointless description that it destroys any momentum or urgency the story should have. Any pacing it does have ends up feeling like watching grass grow. I read this book after a friend of my practically BEGGED me to read it, because we are both fantasy junkies. After about page 30 I knew it wasn't going to happen, but I managed to make it to page 60, and then I couldn't go any further. It was physically painful at that point. I couldn't believe--and still can't--that this man is considered such a great writer. He probably would be, if his books were edited down to about HALF their length. Skip this one and all of his other books, too.
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The Eyes of the Dragon had some great potential. It had the staple fantasy elements that make any faerie tale a classic as well as classic Stephen King characters. However, King's writing is atrocious and the editing is pretty horrible as well, at least in the edition i have which is one of the earlier ones. Maybe some of the issues with misspellings and simple sentences have been fixed but its really a testament to the story that i can still rate it four stars even with these issues. Good Story but don't expect Kings usually great writing. Here it sounds kinda stale.
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