Thinking of giving it another go

**brandon** · December 14th, 2009

OK.. So I read this book probably 20 years ago or more when a young teen and absolutely HATED it. I should add that at the time I was totally into hardcore sword and sorcery type stuff... a lifelong favorite that jumps to mind is Robert E. Howard's [B]Conan[B] stories.You know, real blood and guts good vs evil stuff. In other words physical might as opposed to what happened in this story. As I approach the end of the Dark Tower series I am starting to think it might warrant another look. I still have it packed away in pristine condition. I don't remember a great deal of the story, but am I correct in thinking that this might have been a sub-story, or if you like, a "twinner story" about the Stephen Deschain/Marten relationship that showed up later in DT? I think that Randall Flagg made his first(?) appearance here and Randall/Marten are the same person. Right? Thoughts please.

**wally wonder** · December 14th, 2009

hi brandon. yeah, give it another go. i enjoyed the story. i dunno about your other questions. someone better versed in dark tower stuff can answer that. if not, seems i read something (here on the brd) like...yeah, okay, it's a kid of twinner story, that works. maybe the folk aren't exactly the same or whatever, but there's some cool things going on and it's worth a look see.

**AtomicAgeEthan** · December 14th, 2009

Flagg does show up and if memory serves, it was his 1st appearance that we, as readers in the REAL WORLD (does that exsist???) know of.

**aptpupil** · December 15th, 2009

Who would read a story that they "absolutely hated", unless they has seriously masochistic tendencies?

Did it never cross your mind to just give up?

**Bryan James** · December 15th, 2009

I disliked a lot of books (that I quit on) twenty years ago. Some of them I've recently enjoyed. Give it a shot. No harm, no foul.

~BJS

**michal** · January 7th, 2010

Why not try? If worse comes to worst you can always put it aside again and wait another few years.

**jallred350** · January 22nd, 2010

EOD is probably a top 5 King book for me. I'm currently finishing up my second reading of the DT and plan to re-read EOD again after that.

**Hirsty** · May 3rd, 2010

Definitely worth another try, I just finished it recently and really enjoyed it

There are a lot of books I don't get on with one day, and then a year down the line I find I can't put them down. Funny how that works

**JRM** · May 3rd, 2010

I really liked Eyes of the Dragon. Not one of his best, obviously, but it was a fun, quick read. Awesome climax, too.

**91rewoT** · May 3rd, 2010

Pick it up and try again - the years may have changed the way you see things (I'm speaking from experience here!)...anyway, be aware that this book was written for his daughter, Naomi, and is something of a fairy tale. It's a great story though, and since you've read the Dark Tower series, you can look for a few things that showed up there too! Happy reading!!