Reviews

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

cunningcollin25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

aryaxo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ka is a wheel

alduina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

macyashby's review

4.0

I finished this over a month ago and I still feel like I'm right there with the characters. SK has always been good at making me cry, but this book was an emotional upheaval. Excellent conclusion a long time in coming.

summerpo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

just_jack's review against another edition

3.0

I wanna start off by saying that there was a 6 month gap between me finishing book 6 and jumping into this one. I have very mixed feelings about this book and this series. I think that it fell off pretty hard honestly and overall I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed. 

Constant readers are split into two camps, right? Those who like The Dark Tower and those who do not. As an avid reader of fantasy I always assumed  that I would slot into that former camp but unfortunately that was not the case. 

This book felt like a stream on consciousness that had literally no editing. For some that was awesome because they’ve come to love these characters and the journey they’re on, for others (me) it just got a bit annoying and repetitive. Like what even happened in this book? A bunch of people died so that’s sick to spend all this time with these characters to have some of them have the least ceremonious and dramatic deaths I’ve ever read. I just don’t think it was done tastefully or with enough tact for my liking tbh. 

Overall I’m just relieved and happy to finally be done with this series so I can go back to reading King’s collective body of work at a leisurely pace. 

dhschultz29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

kleedc73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

opustome's review

5.0

LOVED THE ENDING...worth it all.

tadasrad's review

5.0

Was it the best book I've ever read? I do not know. Was it the best series I've ever read? I don't know either. But regardless I loved every second of it and couldn't stop reading until I was done. Roland's story was something I HAD to see concluding this year and I don't know why. I am happy that I did. And I recommend the journey for anyone who is even mildly interested in fantasy books. It's a damn good series. It didn't sadly make me a fan of Stephen King, but it did make me a fan of Roland. If KA wills it, I will read something by King again, but for time being I say farewell and thankee sai.