Posted By: Vikkimowse
November 2nd, 2012 3:10:15 am EDT

I've been reading this story since I was just out of High School, when "The Gunslinger" came out. I've waited, for years sometimes, for the next part of the story. I have read the DT books, and ALL of S.K.'s books, over and over again. (I'm on my 4th copy of "the Stand" cuz I've read it so many times I messed up the covers. Seriously. I'm one of those freaks of nature who can read extremely fast. I mean, like mad-crazy, lightening-quick kind of fast.) So I run out of books quickly. Therefore I read my favorites repeatedly. Most of Mr. Kings books seem to fall on that list. (If the man wrote labels on ketchup bottles, I'd read those!) After I collected all 7 books, I read the whole series over again at least 30 times. (OK, maybe more.) I have had dreams that take place in Midworld, for God's sake! Not in an unhealthy way, but this story has been in my head since I was a kid! When I was in High School, I got the lead in the school play; it was the first time I was ever in any stage production, so on closing night, when we all met at the cast party, I was completely blindsided by feelings of conclusion and loss when I realized that the work and all these people that I had come to love...was just over. And while I had great memories of my time with my castmates, I would probably never see them again. Very bittersweet experience. THIS is how I felt after closing that 7th book of the Dark Tower series. Weird or not, this story had become part of my life for 25 years! I just missed being killed once when I was scuba diving by an oil rig off Newport Beach, when some idiot wasn't looking where he was going and almost ran me down with his boat. I had to dive like hell as he zoomed by directly above me. One of the first things that popped into my head after I realized I wasn't dead was "Oh, thank God! I can't die till I know the end of the Dark Tower story!" How weird is that? Seriously, how many writers are there that can have that kind of effect on your life? For that long? I don't know of many. So, thank you, Mr King, for 30 years of bouncing through Midworld with you. It's been a hell of a ride! I eagerly anticipate each new book...but, as I read pretty damn fast, could you maybe pick up the pace? :) A Constant Reader.
 

 
Posted By: Janne
September 12th, 2012 12:12:44 pm EDT

I just finished the last part of the serie, what a journey! This has been the best, most interesting serie I've ever read and altough some people criticized the ending, I wasn't disappointed at all. It is remarkable how the author tied all the little (and big) things together, making a story I just couldn't put down until it was finished. It has been translated to my language as well, but I read it in english. I recommend reading it in english if you can, because many things may be lost in translation. Besides this I've only read one other book from mr.King, "The Stand", which was also a masterpiece. I will most certainly read as many of his other books as I can. Thank you.
 

 
Posted By: Anonymous
August 13th, 2012 11:24:01 am EDT

Best scifi/horror/fantasy/fiction story arc of all time. Masterful.
 

 
Posted By: Diego Arvet
May 8th, 2012 6:55:54 pm EDT

I'll be damned! I will have until tomorrow to read the seventh book of the serie, also I will have to read little sisters of eluria and will have to buy on amazon the new book and will have to wait a lot, I'm from Mexico that's why.Great serie by the way.
 

 
Posted By: Sparky The Wonder Something-or-other
April 12th, 2012 5:23:19 pm EDT

i read this when it came out, and am doing so again this week, Ah, the ending...people can whine about it all they like, but the genius of it is that it's still open-ended. given the mid-quel coming later this month, who knows...sk may do another book that revisits the tower itself. i think the key setup was in book 3, when blaine makes the comment about way-gog music on the upper level of the tower. the disconnect is the expectation that there must be more going on and more levels and more floorspace than Roland gets to experience in book 7. because he doesn't have the horn? because he's rushing through the thing like a teenager trying to lose his virginity at the drive-in? perhaps. again, sk put himself in a perfect position...it's finished. or it can be picked up again. how can you argue with that? speaking as a former governor of a french-canadian republic on the verge of economic collapse (i'm not, but i like to), I'd say more on the great old ones and they're gadgets, and according to an early review of the new book, there's some of that and something for everyone. i say rock on steve...we're with ya buddy.
 

 
Posted By: Anonymous
February 19th, 2012 3:18:06 am EST

I just finished reading the entire series, beginning to end, some volumes for the second time because after so many years all I could remember was there was a man something about a tower and somewhere along the way something about a train. I was warned by a few I would want to throw the book against the wall when I got to the end, a thought that kept running through my head as I went past the "and they lived" potential ending the entire time wondering what could possibly happen to Roland that could make me angry or take anything away from this story I had been reading EVERY SINGLE free moment of every day for the last month or so. I liked the end. Where else was there for him to go? Death? New York? And there's the horn...hope. These books took me through a crazy mixture of emotions from beginning to end, there were moments I loved, moments I hated, moments I wished it would never end, many when I thought it never would,and moments that broke my heart. I loved the characters, felt for them, felt like I knew them even Oy tugged at my heart strings. I read the ending despite the warnings because after all that time with them I had to know. Even if I hadn't liked the ending I loved the story. I loved the way it was told, I loved the way I got to watch Roland change and grow and become so much more than he was in the beginning and it broke my heart to to see what awaited him on the other side of the door. But there was the horn. In my opinion King's best.
 

 
Posted By: Oats
October 12th, 2011 8:41:20 pm EDT

The Dark Tower series is like nothing else i have ever experienced in my life. Everything ive read by The King i have just completely fallen in love with. For instance when one of the characters is killed in one of his stories, a little piece of me dies haha. The ending was perfect but i never wanted to get there, i just wanted to keep reading and reading. Also, just my opinion, but i would never want to see the dark tower made into a mini series or any film, i feel it would take away all the magic of the ka-tet and mid-world in the constant readers imaginations. Thankee Sai King!
 

 
Posted By: Zade
June 4th, 2011 5:59:09 pm EDT

I agree that the best part of the story is the journey itself, yet, this story lives on in my imagination because of the ending. I feel that the ending is beautifully poetic and stays true to ka. This world has the feeling of a vastness that is cosmic. I enjoyed the entire series! Thankee Sai!
 

 
Posted By: C Parrott
November 30th, 2010 9:35:26 pm EST

I think that the ending was perfect. It is the most realistic ending of a real-life story. It wasn't a fairy-tale ending because this was not a fairy tale by ANY means. This is undoubtedly the best series I have ever read. Thankee Sai!
 

 
Posted By: PV2 Eddie
November 20th, 2010 10:04:35 pm EST

***SPOILER*** I almost had a heart attck when I got close to the end and it didn't follow Roland into the Tower right away. SK I thank you for taking on this series. I've read a lot of SK books and I think this even tops The Stand. Thankee Sai!!!
 

 
Posted By: Kyle
October 23rd, 2010 1:09:55 am EDT

Say what you will about the ending. I think it is brilliantly conceived and epic in it's structure. Stephen King's characters are so memorable and complicated that no matter where he takes them I am along for the ride with no judgement on where the story goes. I love how organic the series feels and that it's SO outside the box. King doesn't write for plot, he writes for the journey. To live in the present, not the future. It's KA
 

 
Posted By: Anonymous
September 22nd, 2010 9:22:58 pm EDT
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I enjoyed reading the series. But I found it too sad that everyone in the ka-tet died except Roland. Then there's a twist that Susannah meets Eddie and Jake in an alternate universe where they are brothers. Nobody remembers meeting Roland at all. Then when Roland goes in to the tower, he falls through a portal and ends up back in the desert he started at, brainwashed of everything that happened. What kind of book ends like that? It could have been a better ending if you ask me. It leaves the reader with too many questions and no real answers.
 

 
Posted By: Brady12
July 25th, 2010 10:46:17 am EDT
I finished this one yesterday. First let me just thank you for this awesome journey that is the Dark Tower series. It took me 3 months to read the entire story but it was worth every second. The only thing is is about the first 2 pages of the Coda. It wasnt just Roland and his ka-tet that went on this epic journey it was also the multitude of people that read this series simply known as "Constant Reader", OF COURSE WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ROLAND WHEN HE ENTERED THE DARK TOWER! Great plot twist at the end, but also kinda cruel at the same time. But again thank you so much for this series.
 

 
Posted By: Rolanddeschainswoman
July 10th, 2010 11:34:25 am EDT
This book made me cry! The loss of Eddie, Jake, and Oy.
 

 
Posted By: Dwash57
June 1st, 2010 1:46:40 pm EDT
I'm kinda new to SK (2 years listening to audiobooks) and have done the entire 7 DT series 5 times. I can not believe what a GREAT journey this is. I have talked many of my friends into reading or listeneing to it and all have become totally lost in the story. I can't thank SK enough for this story. Although I have done about 50 audiobooks over the 2 years, none I have listened to (by any author) can measure up. Unreal story.
 

 
Posted By: Big G
March 30th, 2010 11:27:49 am EDT
When I finished reading the Dark Tower series, I was in a state of shock and awe. I should have figured a master storyteller like SK would have a twist to end the tale of Roland and his Ka-Tet. I have friends who had read the series before me and told me I would hate the ending, but in truth I loved it, Ka is a wheel, as Roland would say and would love to see the whole series made into a mini-series for tv or a movie series for the big screen. I for one would watch every minute of it.
 

 
Posted By: Indylh26
March 8th, 2010 2:45:17 pm EST
I really enjoyed this series. I read The Dark Tower in one evening just to see how it would all pan out in the end. I hope Stephen will surprise us someday before he reaches the end of his beam and releases at least one more volume in this epic adventure.
 

 
Posted By: Jacob
February 7th, 2010 9:18:44 pm EST
When I first started reading this series, a friend of mine who had already read the series told me that I would absolutely HATE the ending. He wouldn't tell me why I would hate it so of course i speedily finished them. When I actually did finish them and he asked me how much I hated it, I told him that I actually really liked it! I think the ending went the way it was supposed to, and if it had ended any other way, I think it would have felt wrong. Oh and I finished the last book on 9/19/09. If you rearrange that you get 1999. I see 19 everywhere now. :)
 

 
Posted By: Oreo
November 20th, 2009 9:58:16 am EST
Mr. King has an uncanny ability to make me weep. I stayed up late last night I and finished the fifth book. I even read the authors note. When I got to "Coda" I considered what Mr. King said, to not read any further, to let the story lie and to let my imagination take over. Perhaps I should have done that because my heart was so heavy after wards. But I had to know if my wish was just the possible answer. But Roland is a gunslinger, and such a thought will never be true.
 

 
Posted By: Meg
August 11th, 2009 11:30:58 pm EDT
i didnt think that i would like like these books they just didnt seem like my type but being the big Stephen King fan that i am i gave them a chance and fell in love with them i have read them a second time straight through and i think its time i started again i especially liked wizards and glass that was a good one
 

 
Posted By: Radtechkell
July 16th, 2009 7:02:55 pm EDT
I was hooked all the way through the series. Each and every book. I really enjoyed the ending. I thought it was perfect.
 

 
Posted By: Danniella
June 21st, 2009 6:27:40 pm EDT
Me and my father were hooked on this series and I know that I, at least, still am. Roland's story was just so fascinating and I especially enjoyed learning about his unfortunate past in Wizard and Glass; it kept me going last summer when I had salmanela poisoning! However when I went out to buy the last book in The Dark Tower series, a boy and his friend were dicussing the book and I overheard the ending! I was distraught; despite already knowing the conclusion I really enjoyed the book and was so sad to have to, in a way, leave Roland.
 

 
Posted By: Raw
April 20th, 2009 3:34:02 pm EDT
i was so sad to finish reading these books last summer. it may have taken 25 years but it was well worth the wait. thank you.
 

 
Posted By: Derrick Colbaugh Of Tennessee
March 26th, 2009 2:55:29 pm EDT
Wow. I just finished The Dark Tower. Absolutely brilliant. I was pleasantly suprised at some of the choice words used toward the end. I heard from more than one individual, on more than one occasion, that the ending to the long series was dissapointing. I tried to explain that it's not about the ending, it's the journey. When I read almost these exact words in the actual novel, I was suprised to say the least. Anyone who tells me they've read this series and didn't enjoy the journey to the end, has absolutely no idea what a good story is. I use the word good loosely. More like genius. I got sucked into mid-world head first, and developed such a love for every character, (most of all Eddie Dean, his personality was most like mine). Of all the long series I've read, Dark Tower takes the cake so to speak. Brilliant in every way, (Yes, even the ending). Congrats to Stephen King on his finest works.
 

 
Posted By: Katsrivera
February 13th, 2009 4:55:59 pm EST
This story will grip you from start to finish. I love the old 'gunslinger' in this story. His love for 'the tower' is unbelieveable; and his way aren't always clear. If you like westerns-with a crazy twist, of course- you'll love this series.
 

 
Posted By: CW
January 14th, 2009 2:40:23 pm EST
***SPOILERS***
I started years ago the Dark Tower Series and put it down, this year I read all SEVEN!!!!!!!! I just couldn't get enough. I have enjoyed each one. I have enjoyed the ka-tet and their character along the road to the Tower. The stories within the stories could be movies unto themselves. I for one would love a mini-series movie on these, but I do agree it would have to be by someone who would not CUT or redirect any outcome. I had hope for a different ending as some would say, but it blew my mind!! I knew Roland had to save the world/universe by saving the Tower. I love the fact that Eddie, Jack and Susannah are back together and yes, I would of like Oy to be with them (sniff sniff). Congratulations Mr. King!!! Love the way you are bound to this, literally!
 

 
Posted By: El Grogg
November 20th, 2008 6:24:34 pm EST
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i thought the ending of the dark tower was absolutely genius. it was a twist that i should have seen coming but did not and i have to say bravo mr king for that. i love the way that roland is caught in a paradoxical loop. roland saves the dark tower and in essence saves the entire universe, but his curse is the eternal nature of this task that he must perform over and over again for eternity. he is like atlas holding the world aloft and as long as he is reliving his quest throughout the ages then the universe is safe. beautiful
 

 
Posted By: Steve
October 23rd, 2008 5:00:55 pm EDT
 
****SPOILERS****
 
Praise the king for finally finishing up this masterful series. This was the only book that made me want to cry, when my homeboy Eddie Dean died it was like the end of the world for me. I thought it was cool how he entered the door marked Roland at the end and came full circle to the opening of the first book. It leaves me to wonder if he is going to live forever constantly running loops to guard the tower from ol EEEEEEE! Crimson King. And on a personal note, thanks for the marvelous villain Mordred, but damn you for killing Oy! I was cheering for him to survive (yeah, I love animals more than people) Anyway, thanks a million for this series. :D
 

 
Posted By: Cinmar
September 26th, 2008 8:25:09 pm EDT
At 46, had read all SK ever wrote,but this series. Was thrilled to enter a whole new LONG SK world!
 

 
Posted By: El Greco
August 7th, 2008 5:18:52 pm EDT
Took me a few months to read all 7 books. It was the best reading 'journey' i 've ever had. The Dark Tower kept me reading more and more, wanting to know what happens next. The ending was PERFECT and i was sad there was no more to read.