The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: very dark.
The man in black fled across the desert, and Roland followed. A weird, dusty, half-dreamed western that King revised years later. It's the thinnest book in the series and the strangest. The Tull chapter is still one of his nastiest.
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Is The Gunslinger spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in The Gunslinger, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is The Gunslinger?
We rate The Gunslinger 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are graphic violence, murder, harm to children, dubious or non-consent. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Dark Tower in order?
The Gunslinger is book 1 of The Dark Tower, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for The Gunslinger
- Graphic violence
- Murder
- Harm to children
- Dubious or non-consent
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Details
- Series
- The Dark Tower, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 256
- First published
- 1976
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
