Why Eddie? **SPOILERS**

[mkostecka]

Dear Stephen,

why?

Why?

Why?

Why Eddie?

When he fall down, because someone shot him, I asked 'why him'? It was too easy, stupid and... silly! I was angry and sad. He was a Gunslinger! He knocked Blaine the Mono, his habit into a cocked hat. And he die... It was so... human... So unrealistically, simple. He didn't deserve to this!

When I read that, I closed the book and cry.
For five days I was fought with myself, that I got on with it. For Eddie... and his ka-tet. But it was so... unfair...

I understood that Jake, Oy and first Rolands friends die. But they die for him, for the Dark Tower! And their deaths weren't lost labour...

Best wishes,
Marta

[michal]

Eddie is one of my favorite DT characters, and my favorite gunslinger. But perhaps because he is so lovable it had to happened the way it did. Because it made you feel so sorry. Because you cried. Isn't that the final proof of well-written person?

[thymeoperator]

anyone else think eddie is a very unfortunate name to have in sk's world??

[Fran D'Amico]

I don't know how much of mr Kings works you have read.In his books , just like real life,there is always a sacrificial lamb.This is just the way of the world.Does anybody ever live happily ever after?No. They were happy, and they lived,sometimes that just has to be enough.

[rjt65]

hahaaha Sai King proves he is great at what he does--- why why to a lot of his books!

really gets ya--ayuh!!! ;-)

[xkittyx]

I just got through Eddie's death yesterday, and yea, my eyes were leaking too. So unexpected even though I'd read it before...

[GNTLGNT]

Why? Because, just like in real life- people we love die! Uncle Steve never guarantees a happy ending, and it damn near killed ME when Eddie came to the clearing at the end of the path- but our Inkslinger stayed true to the face of his Muse in this case.

[milkguy420]

yes, while sad. it was one of those tragic events that happens----reflecting real life.

[Pucker]

It seemed pretty clear to me as the story rolled along that hanging out with Roland was not necessarily conducive to long life and general health. He's alone when we meet him. All his friends are dead. He rains destruction everywhere he goes.

There's a great line in The Outlaw Josey Wales wear Clint Eastwood, as Josey, says: "It seems like when I get to liking someone, they ain't around very long."

To this, his partner, Lone Waddy (Chief Dan George), replies: "I noticed when you get to disliking someone, they ain't around long either."

To me, this sums up Roland and his relationships succinctly.

[John Ulstad]

This was easily the most moving point in the series for me. I was actually sad