Mass Market Paperback, 380 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1988 by New American Library.
Once upon a time-- there was terror and dragons and princes...evil wizards and dark dungeons...an enchanged castle and a terrible secret. With this enthralling masterpiece of magical evil and daring adventure, Stephen King takes you in his icy grip and leads you into the most shivery and irresistible kingdom of wickednes... The Eyes of the Dragon
--back cover
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 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 …
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 winter nights of load shedding as part of their political educatio0n. You might have to explain some of the sexual innuendos, though, or just skip them.
Exciting young adult fantasy novel with good immersion.
"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.
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. :)
