The Dark Tower
2012 • 686 pages
Ratings6
Average rating3.9
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Ratings6
Average rating3.9
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth, Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. And finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone... You've come this far, Come a little farther, Come all the way, The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark Tower.
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It had some good scenes, but for the most part was kind of a drag. I almost stopped reading halfway through.
I finished it! I'm glad I started the series when I did, i.e. after they'd all been written. I wish I could say the same of the Song of Ice and Fire!
To be honest, I found this a bit of a slog in parts, particularly the bit about the breakers. But some of it was sublime. Stephen King was very humble and to read him writing of his own accident and making it a plot feature was pure brilliance. And the idea of ka's being a wheel I loved too. I was moved at one point to type out the enormous turtle rhyme.
Overall, not the best series I've read, but I'm glad I did. I have a feeling that it'll be something I think about from time to time and may one day get the urge to read it again.
