{"id":581,"date":"2016-07-19T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/2016\/07\/19\/book-of-the-week-the-eyes-of-the-dragon-by-stephen-king\/"},"modified":"2018-11-04T18:18:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:18:51","slug":"book-of-the-week-the-eyes-of-the-dragon-by-stephen-king-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/2016\/07\/19\/book-of-the-week-the-eyes-of-the-dragon-by-stephen-king-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book of the Week: The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>For a summer or two around age twelve – I don’t remember which – I got into a big dragon slayer kick. I’m not sure the reason behind it, but if the book entailed dragon slaying or dragon hunting, I devoured said book like a ravenous wolf (that is to say, wildly).<\/p>\n

That’s why The Eyes of the Dragon<\/a> originally caught my eye. The fact that it was written by Stephen King was a mere flourish in the icing on a cake. Like thousands of other ignorant people, I assumed he’d never written something outside the horror genre (although I’d debate it actually is horror that he writes).<\/p>\n

Oh boy, oh wow. I loved The Eyes of the Dragon<\/a>. No, it’s not a dragon story any more than it is a story of birds and bees (which it’s not). As far as birds and bees go, he does include one brief, PG scene that I believe is unnecessary, but that’s beside the point (although I understand if you feel it warrants this bowl of ice cream).<\/p>\n

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Anyone in the mood for some cockroach topping?<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You see, there’s a magic to this book. Yes, there are the literal magics going on, but there’s a rare magic that few books capture other than this one.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, or more appropriately inside a cockroach’s exoskeleton: this is the story of epic villainy playing with innocent pawns for the purpose of leading Delain to tear itself apart. Long sentence over.<\/p>\n

If you’ve ever wished to read a well-written, “modern” book that carries the aura of the Brothers Grimm or Asbjornsen, I’d like you to meet Stephen King for Kids, meaning this book is excellent. \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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