Stand ending not disappointing.

[DOLFIN]

I read The Stand years ago and still think it's King's masterpiece.Anyone who has read much of his work probably expect no clear endings to his works.I waited until about a year ago to read the Tower series and deeply enjoyed until the last couple of pages.I threw #7 across the room when i finished.I mean 4000 or so pages for this copout.

[themadone06]

The feel the ending of the Dark Tower was totally deserving. Roland makes poor ethical choices throughout his life, so isn't it fitting that he should be forced to relive his pain over and over? If you notice there is a difference each time he goes back to the beginning. In his new quest this time he has the Horn of Gilead with him. In his previous go a round it was still lying in the dust at Jericho after he promised Cuthbert that he would pick up the horn and continue to battle. Roland's quest while noble in the end started with unfulfilled promises and very questionable choices.... even though he grows throughout the series he pays dearly for those choices in the end.

I personally believe that Roland's destiny lies with Susan in Mejis and I feel his end will finally lie there.

The end of the Stand feels rushed compared to the length of the novel, but I felt it was a good ending. The climax to the book was three men making a stand against insurmountably odds based on faith alone.

[Doc Wilson]

I would agree that the Stand has the most satisfactory ending of all his epic length novels, but I didn't mind so much the ending to DT.

[91rewoT]

I started reading The Dark Tower series when the first book was published, so it was a looooooong journey. The first time I read The Dark Tower (book #7) I was angry too --may I suggest that you take some time to soak it in, go back and reread it and you may have a change of heart...I know I did!
I read The Stand years ago and still think it's King's masterpiece.Anyone who has read much of his work probably expect no clear endings to his works.I waited until about a year ago to read the Tower series and deeply enjoyed until the last couple of pages.I threw #7 across the room when i finished.I mean 4000 or so pages for this copout.

[M-O-O-N that spells Nikki]

I love The Stand, and i doubt a good ending to a book would be a detailed description of what happens to characters next.
It's good to be mysterious.

[Sarkisaur]

I'd heard the ending was controversial, but when i read it, i didn't see what the huge problem was. It was fine. *spoiler* It's true the nuclear blast part ended very suddenly, and the sudden change of pace to Stu's lengthy return journey was a bit unexpected. And part 3 of the book did feel a lot less meaty than the previous 2 parts. But come on, how hard must it have been to end a book like THAT.
I remember thinking something similar whilst reading It, i thought "oh man, how do you end something like this". And i found the ending to The Stand much more satisfying than the ending to "It".

[GNTLGNT]

Yeah, old Uncle Stevie certainly doesn't subscribe to the whole "they rode off into the sunset and lived happily ever after" do he? THANK GAN!

[fushingfeef]

I thought it was a very brave ending, it hardly could be called a cop-out. I can't think of any other possible ending for the DT that would satisfy.