“The Gunslinger” by Stephen King
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Genre
- Fantasy
Category
- Adventure
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The Historian
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history….Late one night, exploring her father’s library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to “My dear and unfortunate successor,” and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secre…
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The plot grabbed me by my throat, but Roland, the lead character, was the real reason the book impacted me so profoundly. This might seem ridiculous to some people—but I was 13 at the time, changing schools, going through a rough patch. He was disciplined, knowledgeable, strong. He was in the pursuit of something important—his presence in the world mattered. He rarely spoke, but when he did, his words were wise. Silence, I came to understand, was knowing when to shut up.
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One of the best first lines of all time.
