Review - The Eyes Of The Dragon

[wilderthan]

This one's very fun. It's aimed at a younger sort of audience, I think, than Stephen King's other stuff like The Stand, so the tone is quite light. I like the narrative style -- the storyteller flavour of it. The story itself is quite simple, really, and quite fairytale ish, but the little details are really awesome -- the things that are mentioned early on and later become relevant, such as the doll's house. I found the presence of Flagg interesting, too.

It's nothing terribly substantial, and the characters aren't as well fleshed out as in The Stand, but for what it is it's very good. It's easy to read, and I read it very fast.

Comments

[calliopepurple.livejournal.com]

I forgot to tell you about Flagg, or all the villains with RF as their initials. King does it an awful lot, and in his newer stuff there are a million and one references to The Dark Tower series...which I need to read.