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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1788606" data-attributes="member: 8944">I don't think I was quite as dissatisfied with the final ending as everyone else here.  Sure, Roland is back at square one, but there is at least a signal that this will be (could be) Roland's last trip to the tower.   I thought the implication that the Dark Tower (Ka) would put the fate of reality at risk for the sake of one man (over and over again) was interesting, and tells the reader a lot of how King thinks about God. However, like almost everyone else, I was disappointed as to how King got us to that end.  Walter O'Dim's death was far from pleasing, and a villain that has been as built up as the Crimson King should have been...more.   I think I would have been more pleased if the series had continued, rather than ended how it did.  The endings seemed incomplete in every way, with almost all of the "loose threads" tied off hastily, at best.  King seems to shrug and say, "that's the way the story ends - I'm not in any more control of it than you are" but we all know that's not really the case.   I understand the allure of completing the series, but I think I would have rather waited another 10 years than get the ending I got.   Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susanna both seemed to build well off of the momentum of Wizard and Glass (easily the best of the series), but the final book fumbles where the preceding volumes excelled.   Too bad.  AS much as I found the story disatisfying, I have to note that I'm still in awe of how well it was written.</blockquote>

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