Sunday, May 31, 2009

Book of the month

Shame on me. I only read one book this month. And it wasn't even really a book. It was a graphic novel called The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born. It's basically a retelling of the Stephen King saga about Roland Deschain and his quest for the Dark Tower.

The comic book format was interesting because I've already read the actual novels. The artists renditions of the characters didn't exactly fit what I imagined them to be, but it gave an intriguing perspective.

The series is going in chronological order starting in Roland's childhood. The novels were in no way chronological. Yet another interesting perspective. Reading this comic definitely rekindled my interest in writing a novel someday. It also rekindled my interest in reading the first four books of the Dark Tower series. I'll pass on the last three books. They were drivel. 4/5

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