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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm way behind in my reviewing, so I will make this quick - quicker than it deserves.
The elephant in the room for this book is the ending, which many despise and others quite like. Or I should say the endings, because there are at least two. I find myself in the latter camp. I thought the happy ending King gives us first felt kind of cheap, and this cheapness might be impossible to avoid in a meta-verse where it is always a question whether a resolution is "real."
The second "optional" ending did not sit that well with me at first, but the more I think back on it, the more I like it. Both endings basically come down to storytelling as a form of pure invention, but I prefer the closed loop here, mostly because given the hell that everyone else went through, I felt Roland deserved this ending.
As for the series as a whole, I found it oddly satisfying. With the exception of Song of Susannah, I think each book worked well on its own, and contributed to a very oddly fitting together whole. It was a bit odd how much, starting with Wolves of the Calla, the series depended on anti-climax after anti-climax. And in the final book, that only accelerated. But these anti-climaxes didn't feel wrong; rather, they simply went against settled expectations.
Lastly, circling back to the ending, it reminded me of the endings to 11/22/63, which also featured a double ending. That one was perfect. But for me, they seem kind of like reflections of each other. (Also, I would love to be able to figure out how this multiverse fits with the time looping in that book.)
The elephant in the room for this book is the ending, which many despise and others quite like. Or I should say the endings, because there are at least two. I find myself in the latter camp. I thought the happy ending King gives us first felt kind of cheap, and this cheapness might be impossible to avoid in a meta-verse where it is always a question whether a resolution is "real."
The second "optional" ending did not sit that well with me at first, but the more I think back on it, the more I like it. Both endings basically come down to storytelling as a form of pure invention, but I prefer the closed loop here, mostly because given the hell that everyone else went through, I felt Roland deserved this ending.
As for the series as a whole, I found it oddly satisfying. With the exception of Song of Susannah, I think each book worked well on its own, and contributed to a very oddly fitting together whole. It was a bit odd how much, starting with Wolves of the Calla, the series depended on anti-climax after anti-climax. And in the final book, that only accelerated. But these anti-climaxes didn't feel wrong; rather, they simply went against settled expectations.
Lastly, circling back to the ending, it reminded me of the endings to 11/22/63, which also featured a double ending. That one was perfect. But for me, they seem kind of like reflections of each other. (Also, I would love to be able to figure out how this multiverse fits with the time looping in that book.)
A great climax to the series for the most part. The ending will be forever controversial, and while I do have some issues with it I think the execution of it was very creative and memorable.
Great book. Filled with action, adventure, fantasy, horror, gore, sci-fi, and comedy.
This really did have some strong scenes throughout and the opening chapters really went from 0 to 100. I felt like the beginning few hundred pages were the strongest, butttttt man the scene on a certain road did not help me resist an IT reread. I really did love how playful the narration is throughout as really pulls together the creation of characters and just so many ideas felt well supported. Mhm, as always I did feel like some things just felt too easy with these huge antagonists, but in the scheme of the idea of the worlds I kind of can put that aside as the way this ends oh man. I actually love that the ending is the way it is. I did think the pacing was absurd and sometimes did feel like filler that didn’t add to the story much - but wow this series was something- I think I will share my series ranking on my bookstagram as I do clearly have favorites (yeah I mean I did start this series reread beginning of last year but definitely memorable books to me). I am happy I read this series and will read King’s other fantasies for sure
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No