Comments on: Dark Tower series – Not so good (IMHO) Kindle books at a glance

By: Andrei Pushkin

Andrei Pushkin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:13:31 +0000

Christi,

Both of us are entitled to our opinions. I realize that there are people who can and will enjoy the series (hence “IMHO” in the title) but I don’t think your criticism is justified. You don’t need to eat the dish that you don’t like to the end to know that you don’t like it.

Here’s from horse’s own mouth:

“Dark Tower, Volumes One through Seven, really comprise a single tale, and the first four volumes run to just over two thousand pages in paperback. The final three volumes run another twenty-five hundred in manuscript. I’m not trying to imply here that length has anything whatsoever to do with quality; I’m just saying that I wanted to write an epic, and in some ways, I succeeded. If you were to ask me why I wanted to do that, I couldn’t tell you. Maybe it’s a part of growing up American: build the tallest, dig the deepest, write the longest. And that head-scratching puzzlement when the question of motivation comes up”

I’m not alone here. A friend of mine managed to stomach the series up to the “Song of Susannah” and then gave up. Reading though 5 of the 6 books in the series and then not having the desire to read the very last book – that’s telling…

By: Christi

Christi — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:19:30 +0000

The dark tower is my favorite series of all time! Writing a review about a series that you didn’t Finnish is like not going to Europe because the flight is too long. The dark tower series is bar non Stephen kings best most imaginative work and if you enjoy reading king at all you should give it a shot. You are doing people a disservice by writing a review that you admittedly know nothing about. 983 You looked up the End on wikipedia? Are you kidding me? Who does that? Of course you were confused. You read a few paragraphs that tried to sum up nearly 2000 pages of material. I’ve got an idea next you can read war and peace on Wikipedia and then write a review about that!

By: elservo

elservo — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:59:06 +0000

When I recommend the Dark Tower series to friends, I always tell them to get through the tough slog of the Wolves of the Calla. It’s well worth getting through that one because books 6 and 7 are fantastic. Wolves of the Calla took a long time to go nowhere, but Stephen doesn’t have that problem in the next couple of books. You should give Song of Susannah a try before you totally write off the story.

By: Kent

Kent — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:30:59 +0000

Likewise, what follows is my humble opinion:

I have read the entire series and found it fascinating. I think that Stephen King is a wonderful writer and this series is one of his finest achievements. He developed not only a whole new world but a lot of new language and word use as well. I found this new world to be very engrossing (not boring). I really don’t think you are doing anyone a favor by warning them off from experiencing this world for themselves and allowing them to make their own decisions about it.

As an aside, if you are a regular reader of King you will find many of his obscure references in some of his other works refer to this series.

I suggest that people not avoid this series just because it is long. I think it is definitely worth the journey…..the whole journey!

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:10:52 +0000

Ha! I’ve often found Stephen King’s work to be like this (I haven’t read the tower series.) He writes in a compelling manner…but by the end, I felt…that it didn’t really make a lot of sense.

Good review.