I'm right at the part of the book where Eddie is about to go into the bathroom to get Balazr's coke. They've just finished inspecting both Eddie, and the bathroom. One of the things I love about this book is the way Roland fucks everything in our world up (magda-zeens, astin, tooter fish popkins, profaning the ritual of clearing customs, army stewardess), and his sense of wonder at our world.Spoiler:I'm thoroughly enjoying my 5th or 6th reading of this book. 12-03-2007 12:02 PMLadyHitchhikerDrawing of the Three made me fall in love with reading again. 12-03-2007 02:45 PMMattThat's a good way to put it Lady, I feel the same way. I may have been lost to books for a while if it had not been for this book.
My only problem with it is how he said (upon seeing the flight attendants) he had never seen a woman in pants before.
Then Susan obviously wore pants along with many other women in Mejis. :lol: 12-03-2007 03:37 PMLadyHitchhikerUnfortunately, it making me fall in love with reading again put it on such a pedestal that it is hard to find books that are even worth reading... :( 12-11-2007 05:58 AMSympathy For The Devil 12-12-2007 02:44 PMWuducynnFavorite moments of this book. *Spoilers*For some reason there wasn't a favorite moments thread for this book so I decided I would make one.
One of my favorite moments is when Mort realizes he has no control over his own body and Roland is going to run him in front of a train. :thumbsup: 12-12-2007 02:47 PMjaysonOne of my fav scenes is the trap that Detta has rigged for Eddie. 12-12-2007 02:47 PMWuducynnAnother favorite of mine is Jane Dorning's perception of Eddie that he was a terrorist and getting herself all ready to fight him if he pulls a gun or a bomb. Gutsy chick. 12-12-2007 03:09 PMLettiMy favourite moment is when Eddie and Odetta are hugging each other and Roland is watching them and he thinks he wants to love. 12-12-2007 04:43 PMMonteGssThe Prisoner is my favorite part. :) His drawing and his story. 12-12-2007 05:09 PMjaysonThe whole shoot out at Balazar's place. I have always loved mafia stories, and this part of Drawing would make for some great movie stuff. Like Roland, I knew Eddie was born to be a gunslinger when he fought Balazar's army completely naked. Not that pants are much protection from bullets, but still!:shoot: :panic: :shoot: 12-13-2007 03:37 AMJasKoI love the story about Eddie and how he got out. We also meet "our" world for the first time. :) 12-13-2007 04:14 AMjayson 12-13-2007 06:43 AMStoryslinger 12-13-2007 02:55 PMMattFor me, it was the end. What amazing suspense.
I won't put it here but its the last time I remember being seriously on the edge of my seat reading a book. 12-19-2007 01:47 PMNeedfulKingsAh yes, DotT is "the" beginning for me. I wasn't in Jean's position when I started The Gunslinger and did actually close it up less than halfway through. It was several years before I picked it up again. I had snagged a copy of DotT and decided to start a series. Little did I know, it would change my literary mind forever. I truly became a reader and my love for King was rekindled forever!!!
Everything Spencer mentioned in the first post is why it's a great book. I often say that if King had gone for broke and added Book 1 of The Waste Lands to DotT, it would have been MORE than perfect.
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I love each book in the series for different reasons. I love this one for the most reasons. 12-19-2007 02:50 PMMattI totally agree and can't say enough how every single element of this book worked so well with the rest of its parts.
Just amazing. 01-26-2008 06:45 PMMalficeuswhen eddie has to fo through customs and they search him and his comment about it.Quote:
whoever had the boney finger i dont know what you call that but it was a fucking safari
02-03-2008 05:47 PMLadyHitchhikerI thought it was a great story altogether and thought all my favorite parts included Roland and Eddie... 02-12-2008 03:03 PMLanceI just finished rereading it today and I have to go with Matt. Even though I've read it a lot the end still has me in suspense every time. And Detta Walker has to be one of the coolest King villans ever. 03-25-2008 08:29 AMdanteI actually really like the intro with Roland at the lobstrosities on the beach. I remember when I picked it up, about two or so days from finishing The Gunslinger, which seemed so different in how it was going to lead into the next installment, that I was like 'what the hell?!!?' when I started reading about crazy lobsters.
But then it all becomes clear and starts kicking ass. I love this book most so far, closely followed by WaG :). I love how Roland has to search his new Ka-tet's memories for the right words to fit in in our world - like when he orders a popkin rather than a sandwich on the plane to begin with.
Tooter fish will forever make me laugh :lol: 03-25-2008 08:03 PMobscurejudeMy favorite moment in the whole series is the "final shuffle" at the end when Roland finally ceases to be the last gunslinger. It gets me every time. I re read The Drawing of the Three late last year, and I openly wept at the end. The time of drawing is finished (at least for the time being) and Roland is forced to depend on others for the first time in ages. 03-25-2008 10:03 PMMonteGssYeah, that part was great. Roland is allowing himself to love people again...great stuff! :thumbsup: 03-26-2008 05:44 AMStoryslinger 04-03-2008 12:21 PMJohn_and_YokoI enjoyed seeing Roland's attempts at understanding our world, but I guess my favorite part was when Roland posed as Jack Mort and set that trap for those guys, in the 1977 New York City.
Is there something wrong with me? Even knowing what he did to Odetta and Jake, I didn't feel like Mort quite deserved the fate Roland gave him, for some reason....