The DarkTower byStephen King In threewords: sad,epic, profound.Myrating: ★★★★☆“Our greatest mo
The DarkTower byStephen King In threewords: sad,epic, profound.Myrating: ★★★★☆“Our greatest moments of triumph are alwaysinarticulate." What. A.Journey. Looking back over my reviews / Goodreads profile, I see that I startedmy Dark Tower journey back in September 2016. So, it does feel quite weird tohave finished now (though I still have The Wind Through the Keyhole toget to at some point!).The bestthing about these books was, without question, the characters. Seeing how theystarted out versus where they were in the last book was absolutely amazing, andit was a treat to go on this journey with them. Roland and his ka-tetwere so precious and beautiful and ahhhh… I loved them so much! Many of myfavourite scenes throughout the series were between Roland and Eddie(popkins!), but Roland’s relationships with the others in the tet wereincredibly touching as well (I’m thinking of one relationship in particular…<3).Anotherthing this series also showed me is that King can write truly epic battle/fightscenes. Standout ones include the shootout in The Drawing of the Threeand the battle in Wolves of the Calla. I get chills just thinking aboutthose scenes. Also, any time Roland yelled something like "Gunslingers, tome!”… *shivers*. SO good.After TheGunslinger, I rated each book 4 stars. I came pretty close to rating TheWaste Lands 5 stars (and also The Drawing of the Three, Wolves ofthe Calla and The Dark Tower, but not as close), as that book wasthe one I found the least confusing (also: OY!). The fact that this series isso complex is why I didn’t feel I could rate any of the books 5 stars. Inparticular, I thought the complexity became even greater in books six andseven, so much so that although I enjoyed a lot of the scenes, I’m pretty surethere are parts I missed because I was reading despite being tired andtherefore not taking everything in. I’m looking forward to rereading thesethough. And of course I can’t wait to watch the movie!Recommendedfor: peoplewishing to read an epic conclusion to an epic series. The Gunslinger wasa bit of a wobbly start, but I thought the story got so much better from booktwo onwards. So, I highly recommend trying at least The Drawing of the Threeif you weren’t that keen on book one! -- source link
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