The ending to this wonderful series feels like a betrayal - Rated 
It's not exaggerating to say that I had a little weep when I saw where King was going with this series. The hints are there all the way through: the casual dropping in of his name into previous volumes; the ending of Wolves of the Calla which suggests that the author known as 'Stephen King' is to form a key part of their puzzle, their ka-tet. At the end of Wolves I found myself praying that King wasn't going to do what I thought he was going to do. When I started the next book my heart sank.
It's made worse by the fact that the first four-five books are so outstanding. I had invested so much in these characters and their situation; to be reminded - in the most egotistical way - that the whole thing was just a fiction, was like a slap in the face.
Boo hoo, is all I can say. A tragic end to one of the most promising things I've read in years.
an entire book of filler - Rated
God bless Mr King, he is the master of turning 300 pages into 900 (eg. The Stand) but here he has managed to sell a whole book which could otherwise have been condensed into 2 chapters of the final volume. A pity because otherwise its not a bad series.
strange, wonderful and intriguing - Rated 
This is the first Stephen King novel I have read, at first I found it difficult to get into and then got drawn in the strange dark story. Not only that Stephen King includes himself in there as if he really has been there. By the last three quarters of the book I could not put it down and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Dark Tower 6 - Song of Susannah - Rated
King's sixth book in the "Dark Tower" series picks up immediately where "Wolves of the Calla" left off, reinserting the reader into the world of the gunslinger and his travelling companions. They resume their quest for the Dark Tower with a great opening scene, and soon cutting to the absconded Susannah and her new passenger ...
Things progress smoothly and very competently in this penultimate volume, a shorter story than many of its predeccessors and more focused for it. The writing is condensed but not neglectful of the characters or the scenarios, and has all the fluidity and poetry of the previous volumes, although sadly not to the extent of the wonderful "The Gunslinger".
The novel benefits from the sense of movement and progress, that was sadly lacking in the last two novels, "Wizard and Glass" which was almost entirely flashback, and "Wolves of the Calla" which took place entirely in one town. Now things are rolling and the excitement and urgency return to the story.
I'm not a fan of the metafictional aspects of the series, which begun in earnest last novel with the mention of "Stephen King, the authord from Maine", a plotline which is expounded upon and reaches a kind of conclusion here as well. Mixing real-life with fiction is often a bad idea, and although Stephen King appears here as a character, the novel itself doesn't appear to suffer greatly despite the cringing feeling you might get at the hubris of the author.
Still, there are some truly heart-stopping moments, such as the escalation of Susannah's troubles in the final chapter, and the moment of Jake and Pere Callahan's emergence into the New York of 1999. Despite another cliff-hanger ending, which generally drive me nuts with anger and disappointment, it's still a strong book and worthy of the collection. If you felt a little deflated after books four and five, you'll be happy to see a return to form with book six.
the best novel to date - Rated 
my favorite novel of the whole collection. one of the main attributes was the introduction of a new character; mia. while the other five books although good found the characters becoming a bit stale. mia threw my emotions in termoil from hatred to sorrow, from cruelty to love.
one of the highlights of this novel was the introduction of 'stephen king' into his own novel!this other character turned the book (more) surreal than ever - yet strangely this made the novel as beleivable as non - fiction.
finally, throughout the collection there has been a lot of information. some which is hard to get your head round. this book puts everything into perspective, any confusion beforehand will be answered.
My overall rating: the best piece of fiction i've read. This book is unique and is a breath of fresh air from the multitude of fiction being written.
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