Reviews

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

whitaar's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

A bit of a simplistic story for King.  With a little editing should have been sold as teen fiction.

cheeze13's review against another edition

3.0

Not the best Stephen King I've ever read, but ok.

dragonflymorning's review against another edition

4.0

I'm not a big fan of horror. I generally avoid it, but I really love Stephen King's general fiction books. His writing is just so smooth. This tale was very much in the same vein as his more recent Fairy Tale, which I really enjoyed, and this one was much less gory.

sarahetc's review against another edition

5.0

It's funny-- I first read of/heard of this book at age 13, after I read my first Stephen King novel, It.* And then I just never got around to it. King kept writing and I kept reading and sometimes I read a lot of King and sometimes I ignored him for awhile and some things appeal and some things don't and I didn't get around to it for another 34 years. And then I finished another book late at night and didn't have anything else close to hand, so I read it.

And it was grand. Grand in the best possible way. You can tell King is writing with genuine love-- for his daughter, for his metaverse, for his characters, for his plans for Flagg et al., for love of just writing a story. It's wonderful as a self-contained drama if you never, ever read any other King. And it's wonderful as a short story in the larger quest for the Dark Tower. Much better than The Wind Through the Keyhole. But I digress.

I wonder what else I think I should have read circa 1990. I should figure it out and get on those.

alwatts021's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sarahfeats's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

jcoryv's review against another edition

5.0

I'm not sure how I'd never heard of this book until a couple months ago and I'm not sure if this was the first Flagg book, but regardless I thoroughly enjoyed it. Parts seemed a bit unpolished, but I'm not sure if I would've noticed if I hadn't known it was an older King book.

kiiiirannnn's review against another edition

5.0

this was such an enjoyable read. i read it in one go because it’s basically a fairy tale. the storytelling is amazing and i love when King talks directly to the reader it’s done so well 

liz_neidich's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.0

timdorittke's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25