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    Default Was this book too long or too short for you?

    It's my favourite book so far (you know I haven't finished the last book yet :p ) but somehow I feel it will be my favourite ever because of plenty of reasons.
    I wouldn't mind at all if Kind had written this story in 2200 pages.
    It would be great amazing if it was even longer.

    But I know there are others who think it was too long. (For me it sounds impossible.)

    Was it too short or too long for you?
    Or was it good as it was?

    Roland would have understood.

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    It was a good length I thought. I liked the book a lot, I'm currently listening to that one on audiobook. Perhaps the non-flashback scenes could have been longer though.

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    I really think you should edit the title, just a little

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    Quote Originally Posted by feverishparade View Post
    I really think you should edit the title, just a little
    Why? Give me a good reason.

    Roland would have understood.

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    He was being funny Letti, that's all.
    If you just read the top of your browser (at least on mine), it just says:
    Was it too long or too short for you?


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    Yeah, since most users use the New Posts button as opposed to searching by sub-forums, when they read that they'll probably react like I did. It just cuts down on the innuendo factor.

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    Done.

    Roland would have understood.

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    way too long

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I thought it was perfect. Its also my favorite and I really believe that the length was necessary to give us the insight into Rolands quest that we needed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    way too long
    Are you serious Jean?
    You wouldn't mind if it was shorter? Uhh, it's new to me.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
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    way too long
    Are you serious Jean?
    You wouldn't mind if it was shorter? Uhh, it's new to me.
    I think I could actually love it if it was shorter, or differently focused.

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
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    way too long
    Are you serious Jean?
    You wouldn't mind if it was shorter? Uhh, it's new to me.
    I think I could actually love it if it was shorter, or differently focused.
    I am absolutely shocked.
    But okay I can understand it. You can still amaze me, Jean.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Nikolett, darling, I am sorry I shocked you - I am a little surprized I did, because I expressed this opinion countless times at TDT.net. The Mejis part (I am not talking about the very beginning and the very end of the volume) is like one big wasteland, where only two events stand out: the scene at the Romp and the final battle. The rest is banal, commonplace, and that is what King usually is not. By the rest I mean the whole love story, the entourage, the main characters (with the only possible exception of Jonas) and, most of all, everything connected with both Susan and Rhea, the most cliched of all character King ever created.

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Nikolett, darling, I am sorry I shocked you - I am a little surprized I did, because I expressed this opinion countless times at TDT.net.
    Nevernever mind, dear. I love to be shocked by great men.
    Anyway it's understandable. And I should have knows.

    Roland would have understood.

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    I'll admit it was long, but like Matt said it was necessary and key....the long story telling and palaver over that single night was the one event that for me drew the ka-tet very closely together, particularly when you look at the events near the very end of the story. Overall a long, but excellent read.

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    I like it at the length that it was. I'm still deciding if I think this or The Waste Lands is my favorite. I'll have to read both of them again before I decide, if even then.

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    I could have done with it being a little longer actually. The comics should get to some of the stuff that I wish had been addressed, though.
    There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.

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    None of these books were long enough for me, including this one. I could read any amount of detail that Sai King could write on this tale.
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    It could have never ended and I'd have been thrilled.
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
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    Good as it was. Same as the others for me.
    "It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.

    "When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brice View Post
    It could have never ended and I'd have been thrilled.
    You are my man!

    Roland would have understood.

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    i declined to vote. it's my least favourite of all the dark tower stories.

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    I think the book is fine just as it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sarajean View Post
    it's my least favourite of all the dark tower stories.
    ::sigh of relief::
    I was beginning to think something was deeply wrong with me...

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by sarajean View Post
    it's my least favourite of all the dark tower stories.
    ::sigh of relief::
    I was beginning to think something was deeply wrong with me...
    Why didn't you ask me dear Jean?
    I would tell you there was nothing wrong with you.

    Roland would have understood.

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