Anybody else love those lines..... just finished those books earlier this year after a friend got me to read them, teh concept sounded naff to me...but i gave them a go and was blown away!!! They've now become my all time favourite books....first books to move me to real tears- Eddies death, Jakes death, Oys death! Was sitting with tears streaming down my face....dont think going too far to say I really felt like these characters were friends, never liked characters so much! and such great quotes!!
Only gripe I think many have, is the ending, spent the whole book wondering what was at the top and felt kinda numb when first read it.... and yes ive read all the stuff about the meaning SK intended, but it felt like a major cop out, kinda like I really couldnt end this.... however a naff Hollywood style ending like meeting God or something would have ben a worse killer so perhaps I shouldnt complain... Would love to hear opinions from other ppl that loved the books
2007-10-10 03:07:18 · 9 answers · asked by claire007 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I meant it to be apparent in the quote... anyone whos read them would know them by that quote.... was taking about the Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
My fav is Wizard and glass I think....love hearing about Rolands younger days with Alan and Cuthbert
2007-10-10 03:18:03 · update #1
Yeah I think the ending is something about how were all destined to repeat our mistakes until we learn from them, dangers of obssession etc, but still i spent my whole time waiting with baited breath to know what was up tht tower lol grr
2007-10-10 03:27:47 · update #2
Im in my early 20s so only read them after they had all been written, but realise some ppl waited over 20 years between books in the middle....ouch! agree the ending upset me, the only reason ive come to terms with it, is the journey getting to the end is so amazing P.S. also agree the earlier books were much much better!
2007-10-10 03:31:26 · update #3
I started reading the series when it first started in 1982, and was instantly taken in by the story. I often would buy subsequent books on the day they came out. The first four books were released over a period of twenty two years, and the final three came very quickly in secession after that. I must say that the story got very silly halfway through book four and never recovered. The whole attempt of tieing his narrative to the plot lines of virtually every book he'd ever written (Salem's Lot, the Talisman, the Stand, etc..) along with the OZ books and the chronicles of Narnia, and then inserting himself in as a character is about the most masturbatory act I've ever seen in a novel. And the ending? I threw the book across the room. I was pissed that King chose to phone in an ending so trite. I know that he had been concerned that he would never be able to find an end to the tale before he died, but I think I would have been happier if he had stopped writing after book four, and left me to wonder.
2007-10-10 03:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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Anybody else love those lines..... just finished those books earlier this year after a friend got me to read them, teh concept sounded naff to me...but i gave them a go and was blown away!!! They've now become my all time favourite books....first books to move me to real tears- Eddies death,...
2015-08-10 13:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Valery 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In the Spring of 1998, six boys called to me from half a century ago on a distant mountain and I went there." Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. One of the best books I have ever read, and one that I think every American should read. I'm not American, but if I was I would consider this book to be a national treasure.
2016-03-13 05:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loved 'em.
I was a little upset with the ending but more unlikable to me was the concept of King himself in the book but I should expect that kinda thing from him by now. My favorite book of King's is The Stand. Characters of King's tend to bring out the emotions in people because they reflect the human feelings in all of us. As far as the ending.....isn't how we all are really, seekers. Destined to repeat our mistakes in life till we learn from them.
2007-10-10 03:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Oldsoul 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Watching tv is simpler but I enjoy reading books more
2017-03-02 00:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by Flores 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while reading a written book, you're stimulating the human brain. You make your literacy and reading skills therefore you along the way, become more literate. Even with today's modern technology, you need to be in a position to read still.
While watching t.v. can be good fun, it isn't doing anything to your brain.
2017-02-02 23:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only read the gunslinger...and I hated it.
But it's nice to hear how you got drawn into the story enough to care about the characters. That's what a good story is supposed to do.
2007-10-10 04:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by james p 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It sounds interesting, but how about telling us, what books, and who wrote them?
2007-10-10 03:16:01 · answer #8 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i don't like
sorry
:(
2007-10-14 03:05:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋