 Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another Stephen King review. This is not an episode of Thursday Theorist So I will not be talking about connections or anything like that. This is a spoiler-free review of The drawing of the three. Yeah The Dark Tower book 2. This is my second favorite in the Dark Tower series One of the main reasons for that is we are introduced to my favorite character in the entirety of the Stephen King universe Eddie Dean We're actually introduced to most of what comes to be known as the Quartet The only two we are missing are introduced in the third book So I don't want to give any spoilers there. Like I said, this is a spoiler-free review There are some there's some terrific iconic scenes and scenarios in this book the shootout at Balazars the just the concept of the drawing from the doors and the way this book Works as an introduction to the characters for that you're going to be spending the majority of the time with throughout the series The whole data Odetta, Susanna storyline in this one is one of my favorites Also, not quite as much as the Eddie Dean storyline. I guess it'd be his origin story They're not superheroes, but that's you know, we find out where he comes from we find out his brother Harry but the turmoil With and the racial discussion that King gets into with the data Odetta Roland and Eddie Group is poignant. It's even in today's time There is something to be said and even with the final door. There's even more to be said Some like I said my favorite my favorite scene in this one and probably most people's favorite scene in this one Is the shootout at Balazars That scene is perfect. It's kind of like the shootout in toll from the first book The parts that I like in this series are the grand set pieces the grand battle sequences which makes me kind of not really mourn for but really pine for the idea of Roland's last, you know Roland's last battle if you've read the series You know what? I'm talking about the Horn of Eld and all that stuff But I really wanted that you know, you don't get that throughout the entire series So I guess that's a little bit of a spoiler there But I mean it's telling you something that's not in it and not something that is in it So I mean if you want to fuss at me go ahead, but the the major draw of this this world is the capability to travel to our reality or to I guess normal times There's a lot to be said for the different time brains that Roland and different time brains that every character is from you have Eddie from the 80s data from the 60s in it and then Roland is from mid-world Completely out of you know the time our normal time One of the one of my favorite conversations in here has to deal with Eddie calling data Odetta a black woman and she said, you know, that's a that's a racial slur Where she comes from during her time? There's a there's a lot of that in this book a lot of stuff that King You know sprinkles in here and there a lot of stuff that people complain about him doing nowadays As if it's something new that he has always done whether it be just Talking about society in general or politics or whatever He tackles certain tough subjects like in it. He tackles the the homophobia of the 80s In a certain scene on the bridge Which is also another one of my favorite scenes he's always been like this He's always done that and that's one of the things that I respect about him But overall the book is just a whole lot of fun. There is not a wasted moment There's not a wasted word It is great from beginning to end and the only book I like more than this one is the last one Not the last one, but the next one the wasteland And I've certain certain reasons for liking that one We'll get into that and we get into that video But have you read the second have you read the entire dark tower series? But moreover have you read the second book in the series if you did have let me know down in the comments below What you think but until next time I have any you've been you this been another Stephen King review. I'll talk to you guys later Bye-bye