I read this book when I was around 25yrs. I never had the patience for reading up to that point. I was bored one summer and decided to give reading a try. I had no idea what to look for. I only knew one author. I looked at the Stephen King section and picked the smallest book to read which just happen to be Eyes of the Dragon. I really enjoyed it and I haven't stopped reading for the next 25yrs. Seeing you review this book made me laugh and took me back. Thanks
Just finished reading it and I liked it. Especially more info on our boy Flagg because The Stand is my favorite by King. I don’t think it should get any hate because King isn’t solely a “horror” author like many assume.
Read it back in 87. This book is what got me into fantasy. Before this I had never read a fantasy novel, had no interest but it was good stepping stone. For me anyway. It was light and not overly complex and easy to get. I loved it.
When my husband learned that I love to read but never read Stephen King before. He purchased this book for me to read. Now I am a Constant Reader. I love this story.
I grew up reading Stephen King and I read Eyes of the Dragon 🐉 when I was 15 . I thought it was a great King novel and it was this story that made me realise that the Flagg character was the same character that appeared in Kings other stories. It is a great story which I need to read again
@@mikesbookreviews I saw that you were thinking of reading “ the night dawn trilogy “ I am reading it right now I am on the second book “ the Nautronium alchemist “ there is a hell of a lot of world buildings but it pays off
Haven’t watched this yet but I loved this book in high school. Really made me feel like I was reading one of the original fairytales you know? Love flag crushing the spider and the old commanders guilt as he sits in his hut. Just total van wizard shit I love it
This is currently the only Stephen king I've read. I really liked it, and it kinda stuck with me. Have 11/22/63 and Different seasons on my TBR so looking forward to that
Another lesser-known King book that I absolutely loved reading when I was in Middle School. I always thought that this would make an awesome mini series. Remember the crazy stuff that happens with that fire sand to this day
I read this when I was 15 and loved it. My brother gave me Eyes of the Dragon, Cell and The Gunslinger. I loved them all and they really helped me not get jaded about reading during school.
This book brings me back.. Only read a couple pages but I was little. It used to always be in our living room. I remember the illustrations, I would stare at them all the time 👌
it’s amazing what an impact illustrations have on children- i can look at books i used to look at as a young child and they still conjure the feelings i felt way back then!
This is my favorite SK book ever. I had read so many before I came across this one and absolutely had to buy my own copy because how dare the library ask for theirs back. 😳 I was limited on how much money I could spend on books back then, and this one made the cut.
Yes, Talisman is amazing. In the rare times that SK ventures away from his normal horror to other genres, he does equally well I think. Loved Talisman, absolutely loved it.
This was one of my first King reads, must've been in my early teens. Stepped in without expectations and loved it. Reread it some years ago after completing the Dark Tower .. and still loved it. It is a fairy tale, absolutely right. And like the best ones there's some darkness to be found - before Disney screwed them up anyway.
I read It awhile ago but it stayed with me. I enjoyed it, loved the Dark Tower connections. I couldn’t catch the name of the other reviewer you mentioned. Could you give link? Thanks.
The Talisman was my first SK fantasy, this one was my second, and after having ready Talisman this one felt more like a novella, but I did enjoy it. Ultimately, this one really pushed my interest in the Dark Tower once I started my path round the wheel.
Seriously? That was my first book as well! Or was it my second? I know the first two King books I read were "Eyes of the Dragon" and "The Talisman." Wolf was my favorite character and after reading what happened to him I had to put the book down for 3 days because I was so heartbroken and depressed lol. Either way like you these two books was my intro into SK
I love the way that character crossovers happen in Kings novels.....I strongly recommend everyone read Kings "On Writing". It explains a lot about the character cross overs. Also, always read the authors notes in his books!!!!
The Talisman is one of my very fave King stories and I adore Eyes of the Dragon! Never understood the hate it gets. Definitely one of Flaggs best appearance's in a story. Flagg has a 2-headed parrot that talks shit...c'mon guys! It's a fantastic lil story, wish people would cut it some slack. Thanks :)
I agree i understand why they dont like ot but it aged so well in my opinion. Flagg was such a bad ass. His plotting and all the tricks he had love the ending with him and thomas and the eye
Haha I felt the same at the dark tower Ending. I used to sway between it was genius and a let down. In the end it just felt like a cop out and it is still one of my favourite series ever
So far I've found that I like King's non-horror books better (controversial, I know). This combined with my love of fantasy makes me feel like I'll enjoy this book and I look forward to picking it up this year. I haven't picked up the Dark Tower series yet so I think I'll dig into DT first . Thanks for the review!
I'm probably wrong, but I think Stephen King wrote Eyes of the Dragon in response to Peter Straub's The Floating Dragon. Or it could be the other way around. lol
I first read it in '85 and loved it. It was also my first King book. If you liked this, you would definitely like Barker's YA series, Abarat. It is chock full of his art as well.
While this isn't my favourite of King's, I certainly don't think it's the worst. I loved reading it as a kid and can't wait to pass it along to my kids. I think, as you mentioned, your enjoyment of the book is contingent on your expectations. Also, I feel like I've been commenting about The Talisman on nearly every King video since I found your channel, and now it's so close! Exciting times!
At the end of eyes of the dragon, Thomas leaves to pursue flagg who escaped, and I quite wished that they had written a sequel showing what happened, but then I realised as I got older, it was a part of the Kings universe and larger story which was the dark Tower I now often wonder if in fact, Thomas was The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed. Yes was Thomas and the gunslinger the same person.
Hmmm, what's a good King book to give to a 10 year old... Mike: Eyes of the Dragon is a good choice My dad 30 years ago: Enjoy the Wastelands son, yeah it's in a series but you don't need to have read the first two. I liked it so here you go.
It's funny that you questioned if you could be a big King fan while just getting into Stephen King because that's exactly what I am right now. I just finished my first King novel, Pet Semetary last night and I've become obsessed with his work, memorizing his titles and collecting a bunch of Signet paperbacks at once so I could marathon them. I plan on reading Carrie next.
Again, as i always say under these videos, i LOVE Into The Multiverse another great video :D with great Dark Tower Connections. The World has Moved on always gives me goosebumbs.. btw i love the Ka shirt...
Ha ha I don't hate it. It's more of a thing where I feel like people nitpick the hell out of his books like EotD yet give Tommyknockers, which has some absurd moments in it, a pass.
TEoTD is one of my favorite one and done Fantasy books. I would have killed to see it done by Henson as a multi part episode of the Storyteller with John Hurt as the narrator.
I'm getting this one for Christmas, I absolutely love fantasy so it's likely I'll enjoy it, plus I love King in general but it's nice to see him write something completely different from what he's usually known for. I'm currently reading The Dark Tower series all the way through as I've always found them brilliant books. On that subject I really like your Ka shirt, I'll have to try and get it myself.
I love this book. I thought it great. This is far from his worst book. I mean Thinner, the regulators and Tommyknockers would be my vote for his worst stuff, oh and Dreamcatchers - that was horrible. I put this book in the middle of the pack, at least. I have a soft spot for it. Thanks for the great review.
@@mikesbookreviews See, I was one of the few that really enjoyed Elevation. It was so much better and well done than Thinner. I'm glad you love it, but it wasn't for me.
@@darkwitnesslxx haha, No doubt. Yet, I have been watching Edward Lorn's channel and the way he uses that book to connect things in the Dark Tower has me rethinking the book. I might have to re-read it with Mike when he gets there. It's been over 20 years.
Mike! I'm so conflicted when you say you would recommend this for a preteen. Part of me wants to say, "yeah this is a good read for a kid if they are looking for a future career as a monster makeup artist or something, or the book for the kid who want's to see Billbo gangbanged at the end in order to keep the company together! 😝 Obviously I kid. I think it's cool that you would recommend this for a preteen. It shows that you are not a helicopter parent and understand that they have to grow up sometime. When I think about it "Eyes of The Dragon" is a safe book for a preteen. Stephen King's approach to fantasy reminds me of the the original "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Speaking of which, did you ever see that show "Grimm?"
I not sure this is how you are referencing "the white" in your review, but generally, the white is the force of good . . . people who allied to protect the tower. And the forces of evil are referred to as "the red" . . . the ones who are allied to destroy the tower. I believe this is something you know, but I am unsure on how you were referencing it. From one Tower Junkie to another, I don't want to insult your Stephen King/Dark Tower knowledge. Apologies if I did. As for The Eyes of the Dragon, I first read this in the desert of Saudi Arabia during Operations Desert Storm and Shield. I recently just reread it and liked it as much as I did the first time. I think I may have also encountered The Gunslinger for the first time there as well. I don't quite remember.
I believe it's actually a Dark Tower reference. The people of the White. They protect the beams and the Dark Tower from falling and stopping the world from moving on.
Publishers : Hey Stephen, you should write a fantasy story King : Yeah, I can do that Me: One of my favorite fantasy novels of all time! Interesting twist to the creation of Misery.
Definitely did not write this at the behest of his publishers though. Totally a passion project for his child that amazingly grew a life of it's own, both with Fantasy fans in a positive manner and unfortunately the ire of the same group of Horror hounds that hated on 3/4 of DIFFERENT SEASONS.
I don't get those people who hate/hated on Different Seasons. I thought it was gorgeous when I read it the first time and I had only read his horror stuff up to that point. It's like being upset that your favorite big man NBA player developed a three-point shot over the summer.
CORRECTION! Sai King wrote this book for his daughteri. You said his daughter Tabitha... Tabitha is his wife!!! His daughter's name is Naomi, I believe.
I read this as a teen, found it in a charity shop, i was never into swords and sorcery types of books but it is a well written miscarriage of justice novel , ie Peter innocently sent to prison, where good people , like Thomas , make poor decisions, but do the right thing in the end.
I mean it wasn’t terrible. The story just didn’t captivate me. I would have given up on it if it weren’t for Flagg. Time to continue my journey to the tower
I read this when i was 12. It was my 2nd experience with fantasy after LOTR. It is hard for me to judge this with any neutrality because of the nostalgia factor. Do you have the same issues when you look back at some of your first reading experiences?
