The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

Mass Market Paperback, 427 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2003 by Time Warner Paperbacks.

ISBN:: 978-0-7515-0457-6
OCLC Number:: 965999665

The king is dead, murdered by a strange and horrible poison. The land of Delain is in mourning . apart from the unscrupulous, greedy, plotting magician Flagg. Soon the king's oldest son Peter is imprisoned at the top of a high tower, the Needle, for his father's murder, while his younger brother Thomas inherits the throne.

Only Peter knows the truth of his own innocence, and the truth of the evil that is Flagg. And only Peter can save Delain from the horror Flagg has in store. He has a plan, but it is dangerous and desperate and if he fails there will be no second chance. For all the while, Flagg's words echo in his mind: 'I'll carry your head on my saddle-bag horn for a thousand years. Here I come, Peter! Coming for your head! --back cover

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Carla reviewed Los Ojos Del Dragon / the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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5 stars

Bronson Pinchot needs to narrate more audiobooks, please. His voice is so relaxing, and yet the voice he did for the bad guy (no spoilers) gave me chills and, when I took it off headphones, scared the dog at a climactic moment.

deigge reviewed The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

A lot of foreshadowing

3 stars

The story is fine but I didn't like the foreshadowing that happened so many times. The beginning is already quite slow and spoiling the outcome made it feel even slower. To be fair the end of the book felt way more interesting and more like a climax because of the slow pace before that. But 50 nice pages at the end don't make the 350 before that less of a drag.

Stephen Hayes reviewed The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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3 stars

Stephen King is probably one of the more versatile writers of our time, having tried his hand at several different genres. This one takes the form of a child's fairy tale, told in the "Once upon a time" style of a fairy tale, but told to adults.

But whereas the Grimm brothers might have told the story in 10 pages, King takes over 400, and draws the story out to an extreme length.

It contains the usual matter of such fairy tales -- the good prince whose throne is usurped by his mediocre brother with the plotting of an evil sorcerer, and how the good prince and his supporters fight back. In some ways it is a typical story of political intrigue, what in South Africa today is called "state capture", and it describes the process fairly well.

A good book to read to your children by candlelight through long …

foxrain reviewed Los Ojos Del Dragon / the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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2 stars

It wasn't a bad book as such, but it was perhaps the most generic fantasy book I have ever read, and that's something. There was absolutely nothing new in the milieu, the plot, or the characters, and none of them were especially interesting. Still, I'm somehow not disappointed. It was just OK.

Steen Christiansen reviewed Los Ojos Del Dragon / the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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4 stars

Exciting young adult fantasy novel with good immersion.

Paul Kater reviewed Los Ojos Del Dragon / the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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5 stars

"The Eyes of the Dragon" was suggested to me by a very dear friend. It was an excellent suggestion. Dive into this book and meet a story teller who delivers to you the story of a king who slays a dragon and what happens to his two sons after he died.

"The Eyes of the Dragon" is a book by Stephen King who also wrote the Dark Tower series. This is definitely a different class of writing, one that appeals to me. A fantasy story / fairy tale he wrote that's rich in views and characters. Definitely something to read if you like fairy tales.

NightDrake reviewed Los Ojos Del Dragon / the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

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3 stars

A sort of fairy tale, and only Stephen King can write one.
I really liked this book. It was really obvious that he wrote the book for his daughter, but it still had all the elements of Stephen King that I've grown to like. :)