The Dark Tower

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KING! - Rated
Genius in the writing, King knew what he was doing from book 1. The ending is not the doom as everyone sees it.

Do not waste your money - Rated
King should cover himself in ashes and hide away in the darkest corner of his dark tower to dare publish such absolute crap.

Just Magic - Rated
I have waited 30 years to read the conclusions to the Gunslinger, and was overwhelmed by the quality of the final episodes. I will re-read when my
daughter has finished her re-reading of this amazing story.
This deserves 10 stars. A must read!

Same old King faults, he can't write a decent ending - Rated
Great story, gripping, imaginative, but.....he "sheds" characters along the way, once he's had enough of them they're just discarded. Like in some of his other books, like Secret Window, It, the end is..."Oh well, I can write any old tosh now, they've bought it and enjoyed most of it!"
And writing himself into the story? What the heck was that all about? Arrogant and crap.

And poor old Sheemie, to have been built up, left, revisited, then just dumped. Oh dear. And the big baddies...Flagg was Uber-powerful in The Stand, but he meets his end in an obvious trap set by an overgrown tarantula? And how come SK, as "the creator", couldn't sort out things that were threatening the "Tet", but some tongueless retard they find in a cellar, can, including just disposing of the main big bad man?! Utter garbage, but worth reading the first 4 or 5 books.

the end.... - Rated
em, after reading all the reviews below I guess it is hard to please everyone. I have just finished this, it has taken some 3 years or so to complete the series. After reading the first 3 books, totally superb, it seemed an age for the continuation of the story to develope. But it was great to carry on rwading this epic saga. Wizard abd Glass finally came out. This worked a treat, was enteratining and really brought up to date Rolands early life. The Wolves and Susanahs song were ok, almost different stories in there own right but I agree with most of the views below they lack some of the sheer quality that the first 4 books have. At times things got almost too complicated for its own good.
And at last to the final chapter. I may have to read this again or maybe start from the beginning, (quite apt in it's way as Roland has started all over again....)as due to personal reasond, birth of my baby I have not been able to complete this in one go. But it's a great ending as such, it's ok overall but a bit lame, abit too easy after all that has gone on before. I think a reviewer picked up on this, how can Mordred and the all powerfull Crimson King be dismissed so easy. And what of Walter, he carries on into the next round but doesn't seem involved here. Who was/ is the Crimson King how did he get to the tower, alot of questions. Mayhap i'll need to read this set again. I guess many readers would want to have the ending their way. It's a long series and it's good to get an ending as such but too be honest it almost feels like we have been cheated which such an ending like this. I guess at least Mr King can be safe in the knowledge that he has no more to write on this saga, maybe also the break in writing didn't help but I think overall the story and it's cast are worth the effort.