Reviews

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

alykat_reads's review against another edition

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4.5

Personally, I'm really glad that I didn't read spoilers or any reviews of this before finishing the book. And because of that, I'll be hiding everything in spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Wow. It's been a journey, that's for sure. This wasn't my favorite book of the entire series, and perhaps because it was the last and knowing nothing else was coming after this, I felt some plot points and some of the writing just wasn't as good as others in the series. A few convenient circumstances is alright, but it felt like there were too many.
It really wouldn't be a King novel without a few of my favorites dying and/or being killed off, and that always gets the emotions going. Or making references to many of his other works (shoutout to Insomnia for being the first King book I ever read, and am looking forward to re-reading again at some point). 

Taking into account the entire series.. It's about 5,000 pages. Is there ever going to be a satisfactory for all ending to a series that big? No. I've definitely been a person that has really not liked a book due to ambiguous / 'unfinished' ending. I don't necessarily think that this felt unfinished to me, but can totally see how others would see it that way; anticlimactic would probably be a better term. But as he writes, it's not about the ending, it's about the journey. And it's a long journey that I greatly enjoyed. Perhaps that part in the book made me more apt to accept the anticlimactic ending. Idk. I'm definitely a biased Constant Reader, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

wakejyles's review against another edition

5.0

Ooof, man what to even say here. Took me almost a year and a half to get through this entire series and now that I’m finished it’s almost as if I’ve lost a friend (kind of dramatic I know). Without getting into any spoilers, I’ll just say that I thought this was a perfect way to end such an epic series. It’s bleak, tragic, and so violent, but still carries some hope with it all the way through. Loved it.

tomgenue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ianacook's review against another edition

3.0

Better than the last several in the series, but still a bit of a disappointment after all that came before it.

Overall, the series really should have been a trilogy at the absolute most, quite probably less.

gassyhaggis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

moonsea97's review against another edition

3.0

Story: 0.5
Characters: 0.5
Pacing: 0.5
Writing: 0.5
Impact: 1

OVERALL: 3/5 (C)

albertovillarroel's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

ckrush's review against another edition

4.0

If the reader has made it this far, then he or she will not be disappointed. The conclusion to this epic tale makes perfect sense in a world of ka, and wheels, and vocabulary that just makes sense because of the world Roland lives in.

boseags's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

rainbowbookworm's review against another edition

5.0

What a satisfying conclusion to such an epic saga!