The Dark Tower Ending - I HATED IT! **SPOILERS**

[phidgt]

I remember being a bit stunned about the ending and not being able to really understand what I was feeling. I was also in such a hurry to get to the ending that I simply didn't properly digest the last book. Luckily for me the winters are long here, so I plan on taking my time and doing a complete re-do with the entire series.

[1milvies]

What ending?

It felt like he didn't know how to finish it, so he didn't.

I read the series years ago. All I remember is that the ending was a disappointment.

(For someone who mentioned Pullman's Dark Matter series--that one actually had an ending. Painful, heart-wrenching, but an ending, a resolution. The DT keeps on going).

[PhillyBat]

See Post #5 by GravesmakersandGunslingers. Please. Read the spoiler, especially. I'm new to posting here, so I'm not sure how to do that yet. But what that said reflects my feelings.

I thought it ended perfectly. The only way it could end at this time. I don't think King cheated us at all. To have had it end happily now would have been the cheat, IMHO. I remember reading in a non fiction book, or maybe it was an interview? King said something about not writing to please the reader, but writing to please himself. I think he was giving advice to hopeful authors. And something about 'being true to the story'. In this series, he was true to the story.

[Terry B]

The ending was the only one that fit. It was perfect. To me, it was karma--Roland was doomed to continue his quest until he could learn the lessons of this life. I think the lesson was that he was always putting his relationships with those who loved him second to the single-minded pursuit of the Tower.

I thought there was hope in this ending because Roland had finally taken the time to retrieve the horn, which he had failed to do perhaps many times before. So, in my mind, this would be the final quest, and Roland would finally be able to rest both his tortured body and mind.

Exactly! I finally finished the series just today. I wasn't mad about it at all. I thought it was brilliant. The entire last book made me cry a lot since I tend to get so wrapped up in the characters. . After suffering through the last couple of hundred pages I put the book away with a smile on my face. Classic King! I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Sweet One]

What ending?

It felt like he didn't know how to finish it, so he didn't.

I read the series years ago. All I remember is that the ending was a disappointment.

(For someone who mentioned Pullman's Dark Matter series--that one actually had an ending. Painful, heart-wrenching, but an ending, a resolution. The DT keeps on going).

I mentioned it. And I agree completely.

[ghengis Khat]

Personally I believe that after having followed King and his characters through so many worlds in so many books its unfair not to end the story! I don't think it comes down to giving the readers a choice, because that's a cop-out if there ever was one. I feel cheated in book 7 because i didn't follow the story to see what almost happened this time, just to find out he's going to get it right next time. Roland reaches back to his belt and has the horn, which means hes heading to finish the job for good....thats the story that I want to hear, i have not interest in the infinite times he almost gets there and has to suffer over and over again. You cant create a pandoras box and end it all in a paradox...not to mention the paradoxes in the character actual fates vs. the fates described by the author. For example, susanah and eddie may not have lived oh so happy, they had their ups and downs etc etc... but it wasn't eddie her fate brought her too...IT WAS HIS TWINNER! Shimi saw the future of the bumbler romping with the old man...not super deadified no matter how it happened. The other paradox is that if roland and time itself are stuck in a loop....King's entire world tied to the tower resets with roland every time because as long as the last beam stands and existence is still around time will never move foreward in ANY world because the man who can keep time moving foreward by ending the journy is STUCK IN A TEMPORAL LOOP, like a record skipping for eternity. The story MUST end for the sake of King's entire universe.

[JohnDalglish]

What ending?

It felt like he didn't know how to finish it, so he didn't.

I read the series years ago. All I remember is that the ending was a disappointment.

(For someone who mentioned Pullman's Dark Matter series--that one actually had an ending. Painful, heart-wrenching, but an ending, a resolution. The DT keeps on going).

Hi,

Welcome to the MB, and keep posting!

But I totally disagree with you about DT; try re-reading it.

Long days and pleasant nights

[candybait]

He let himself become obsessed with the tower and nothing else was important. So I agree, the ending is fitting- go back and do it all again until he learns the real lessons of life.

[JohnDalglish]

The story MUST end for the sake of King's entire universe.

Hi,

Why?

Welcome to the MB, and keep posting!

Long days and pleasant nights

[JRLauer]

Honestly, and I'm not kidding, I read the entire series, but never read the ending.

I read the last part about what happens to Susannah and got to the part where Roland enters the Tower. At that moment, my wife came home and wanted help with the groceries. So I put down the book and as I was putting away the groceries I thought to myself that the book had a good ending where I left it. And I even thought that what happens to Roland is most certainly not good.

So after I was done with the groceries, I picked the book up again, and read the first paragraph in the last chapter where Mr. King warns us that we may not want to know what happens to Roland. I instantly snapped the book shut, put it on my shelf and I have not picked it up since. This was over three years ago.

I didn't even read any comments in this forum for fear I would find out what happened. I guess I was one of the few who took Mr. King's advice.