false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178650115m/815436.jpg 5091 35 At one point in this final book of the Dark Tower series, the character Stephen King (added to the plot in <I>Song of Susannah</I>) looks back at the preceding pages and says "when this last book is published, the readers are going to be just <I>wild</I>." And he's not kidding. After a journey through seven books and over 20 years, King's Constant Readers finally have the conclusion they've been both eagerly awaiting and silently dreading. The tension in the Dark Tower series has built steadily from the beginning and, like in the best of King's novels, explodes into a violent, heart-tugging climax as Roland and his <I>ka-tet</I> finally near their goal. The body count in <I>The Dark Tower</I> is high. The gunslingers come out shooting and face a host of enemies, including low men, mutants, vampires, Roland's hideous quasi-offspring Mordred, and the fearsome Crimson King himself. King pushes the gross-out factor at times--Roland's lesson on tanning (no, not sun tanning) is brutal--but the magic of the series remains strong and readers will feel the pull of the Tower as strongly as ever as the story draws to a close. During this sentimental journey, King ties up loose ends left hanging from the 15 non-series novels and stories that are deeply entwined in the fabric of Mid-World through characters like Randall Flagg (<I>The Stand</I> and others) or Father Callahan (<I>Salem's Lot</I>). When it finally arrives, the long awaited conclusion will leave King's myriad fans satisfied but wishing there were still more to come. In King's memoir <I>On Writing</I>, he tells of an old woman who wrote him after reading the early books in the Dark Tower series. She was dying, she said, and didn't expect to see the end of Roland's quest. Could King tell her? Does he reach the Tower? Does he save it? Sadly, King said he did not know himself, that the story was creating itself as it went along. Wherever that woman is now (the clearing at the end of the path, perhaps?), let's hope she has a copy of <I>The Dark Tower</I>. Surely she would agree it's been worth the wait. --<I>Benjamin Reese</I> 6309701 book 2004 The Dark Tower (Dark Tower 7) total:10116|5:4755|4:2982|3:1555|2:555|1:269| 10116 41747 13143 562 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 0 9 false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 30 09:38:47 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 31 07:38:20 -0800 2008
I finished the Dark Tower last night. I hadn't plannet to, I really needed to get to bed, but once I got so close, I had to con...more...]]> 493808 5551376370 9785551376378 180 38 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184180240m/493808.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493808.The_Dark_Tower 1 6 false Fri Aug 31 19:43:41 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 20:27:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 452318 0743254562 9780743254564 99 13 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174887490m/452318.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/452318.The_Dark_Tower 2 8 false Wed Aug 01 12:27:14 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 00:22:39 -0700 2007
I am one of Stephen King's 'constant readers.' Usually I am a big fan, and I've bought enough of his expensive hardcovers over the years that I'm perfectly comfortable throwing in my two...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 2 5 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 10:57:33 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 19:31:17 -0700 2007
I actually did like #5. It didn't progress Roland's...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 5 4 true Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 02 10:34:11 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 09 14:48:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 1 2 true Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:04:31 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 09:40:42 -0700 2008
I really, really hated that Stephen King was a character in his own book. It didn't work. It was a lazy move, and an annoying one. I didn't like that the sixth book introduced King-as-character, and unfortunately for me, he h...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 5 3 false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 19:57:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 12:17:56 -0700 2008
It's a longie but a goodie. As is Stephen King's style, there is alot of seemingly unnecessary back-story at points. But, if you've made it to the seventh book of this fantasy/sci-fi/amazing series, you ...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 2 3 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 18:38:08 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 22:01:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 1 4 false Mon Sep 10 16:17:03 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 21:38:40 -0700 2007
I waited years to find out how this would all end and to get a hastily done, sloppily writte...more...]]> 22549 0340827211 9780340827215 27 4 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167351400m/22549.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22549.The_Dark_Tower 5 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 10 06:21:13 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 06:22:17 -0700 2009
Some time ago I have written a review on Gunslinger then I have decided to refrain from reviewing the rest of the series until I have finished The Dark Tower VII.
Now, I have reached the destination. I have finished the last book in the saga. It was indeed a very long jo...more...]]> 815436 0340836172 9780340836170 40 8 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178650115m/815436.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815436.The_Dark_Tower_Volume_7_The_Dark_Tower 5 2 true Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 06:39:29 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 08:06:41 -0800 2008 2
I’ve given 5 starts as more for the series as a whole than DT V7 as a stand alone volume which I’d rate at 4.

I can understand why other reviewers have been left unhappy and unsatisfied but personally...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 5 1 false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 18:25:24 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 18:25:30 -0800 2008
this series, as a whole, has a lot of ups and downs. periods of good, fast-paced plotting and unique and exciting character development, surrounded by dull dull stretches of nothing much at all, and plot points that border on racism and homophobia thrown in every now and th...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 4 1 true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 08:13:16 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 08:50:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 5 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 07:08:04 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 03:55:28 -0700 2007
The Dark Tower, book VII, over a thousand pages long and still over too soon.

You'll wonder, as the series progesses, how there can *be* an ending. One that doesn't seem abrupt ...more...]]> 408854 1880418622 9781880418628 217 26 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174504404m/408854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/408854.The_Dark_Tower 5 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jul 03 22:32:07 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 23:35:57 -0700 2007 too hard to make everything fi...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 2 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 12:57:07 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 13:05:01 -0800 2007

*****SPOILER ALERT!!!*****

...more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 26 15:11:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 15:12:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 0 0 true Sat Feb 21 18:43:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 19:04:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5091 1416524525 9781416524526 9476 462 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517582m/5091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5091.The_Dark_Tower 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:00:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:00:11 -0800 2009
This series was, while entirely enjoyable, thoroughly exhausting! Each book gets longer as each detour on the path to the ...more...]]> 6125109 0 1 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6125109.The_Dark_Tower 0 0 false Thu Jan 22 18:13:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 18:13:55 -0800 2009

Reading it just to finish it, honestly.


Not that I am too good for SK, but the series disappointed me----in execution.


SK is so good at hinting at things...but has achieved so much success at belaboring language...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=815436