{"id":3751,"date":"2024-02-21T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2024-01-03T21:16:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T04:16:55","slug":"book-the-dark-tower-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/book-the-dark-tower-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Dark Tower (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Dark Tower
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2004
\nAuthor: Stephen King
\nLength: 1,731 minutes \/ 28.85 hours<\/p>\n

For a series that spanned over two decades, it\u2019s nice to see that The Dark Tower<\/em> ends on a titular high note. Other series may lose steam or fade to mediocrity as the stories to tell become less interesting. Or the author dies. While this series narrowly avoided this fate, the meta subplots in the last few books were well out of the way for the grand finale that is The Dark Tower<\/em>. I\u2019m almost disappointed that more of the books in the series weren\u2019t like this, since there were actual stakes involved.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t normally think of Stephen King as an \u201caction\u201d writer, but the fight sequences in this book were absolutely superb. These enemies had the \u201cfinal boss\u201d gravitas that made the battles so entertaining to read. That there was an incredible new superpower introduced in this book makes me wish we had more stories about that character since it was such a great ability. It\u2019s always a mark of a great ending that I almost want to keep reading to see what else happens in this world\u2014even with all the loose ends tied up.<\/p>\n

King definitely understood that he was never going to write the most satisfying ending for the Roland saga since it had built up for 20+ years. His solution was a great way to both leave it as the best ending we\u2019d ever imagine while also providing a satisfactory conclusion to the Gunslinger finally arriving at the Dark Tower. That there were as many happy endings in this book as there were made the experience of saying goodbye that much more bittersweet. The Dark Tower<\/em> isn\u2019t a perfect series, but it\u2019s solid from start to glorious finish.<\/p>\n

The best ending that the Dark Tower<\/em> series could ask for, I give The Dark Tower<\/em> 5.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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