And the foreshadowing King kept dropping did nothing but further whet my appetite to know what was actually going to happen. “Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years.”Ī sense of foreboding permeated so much of this novel. Skip to the end or turn back now if you wish to go into or continue this series knowing as little as possible. I simply don’t know how else to discuss a final book in a series so large. There will be some vague spoilers here, though I’ll not mention any name save Roland’s. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.” “The road and the tale have both been long, would you not say so? The trip has been long and the cost has been high… but no great thing was ever attained easily. In the meantime, The Dark Tower stands alone among completed series for me. The only series that I think will eventually surpass it is Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives, but it will be well over a decade before that is completed. After reading the final pages of The Dark Tower I can safely say that this is my favorite completed series of all time.

I’m here to tell you that, thankfully, that isn’t the case.

I was afraid that, after reading 8,781 pages, or 3,951,408 words, on my long road to the Tower, I would be left feeling woefully disappointed, and as if I had wasted my time. King isn’t known for nailing his landings, and this one is especially controversial. The Dark Tower is the pentacle of Stephen King’s magnum opus, and I’ve been terrified to get to it.

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