5 - completely satisfied
4 - satisfied, but have some minor problems with the ending
3 - satisfied, but have some major problems with the ending
2 - not satisfied, although there are things I liked about the ending
1 - completely dissatisfied
I just finished the series for the first time - Absolutely loved it. I was reeled in from the very beginning and couldn't put it down. In fact I've already started the series back over.
I was fine with the ending. Obviously there are questions to be answered but overall it was a decent ending.
I think Susannah got off easy, though. Then again I'm not a big fan of hers.
AND.....she threw Roland's gun away.
I always hated Susannah, and I could never figure out why; I realized my reasons as soon as she threw away Roland's gun.Originally Posted by MonteGss
AND.....she threw Roland's gun away.
Finished The Dark Tower at 6:03AM on December 21, 2009.
The man in black fled across the desert,
and the gunslinger followed.
But it turned into a prop and just like(or what's different with the new Eddie and Jake) within a short period of time. That's how I read it anyway.Light IT spoiler
She did maybe get off the hook a little too easy, but we needed at least one person with Roland near the end, he'd have died on Odd's Lane otherwise.
Yes, we remember what happened to the gun when she went through the doorway but that doesn't make throwing it away any less sad.
I just don't think it's sad. Presumably Roland has both again shortly after, no?
Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't like Susannah.
I think I would have liked her fine if, after she became Susannah, the annoying Detta personality would have disappeared forever. When she slipped into Detta mode, it grated my nerves to no end.
So if your loved one throws away your wedding ring and you find it later it doesn't mean anything sad?
Roland would have understood.
I don't know. But it's funny you should mention that because my wife DID lose her wedding ring and no one's found it yet.
Losing it and throwing it into a dustbin are very different.
Roland would have understood.
I just don't think it's sad that she threw away the gun. If she'd lived by the gun and gone on to the Tower, she'd have died from a sneetch or something since there was no way anyone but Roland was going inside (as far as I can tell). So by choosing to throw away the gun she gets liberated and her life away from violence and the quest doesn't need the brutal reminder that she's seen nearly all her friends die. She doesn't need to remember the guns. Roland's personal relationship with Susannah isn't so strong that I got much of a sad parting vibe. I found the scene incredibly touching and was moved by it, but not at all because of the gun, but because her reunion or meeting with the new Jake and Eddie was just lovely. Even though these books are among my favorites I don't like guns very much I guess.
I don't like to think that I'm sentimental (which doesn't mean that I'm not, by the way), but I loved that scene too. Just.. .magical. I wasn't all that keen on her throwing away the gun though, even though it was useless. I think in her shoes* I'd have chosen to keep it, even if it just ended up in a drawer at home somewhere. (Mind you I'd find the object fascinating in itself even without the memory surrounding it, but then... I'm a bloke.)
However, I did get the impression that she threw it away because she was meant to. Just like she was meant to go through that doorway.
*Ooh, the irony. You know what I mean.
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It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
Yeah, it's always smart to keep an unlicensed handgun lying in with your personal effects.
Just throwing this out there: I haven't read It yet.
Finished The Dark Tower at 6:03AM on December 21, 2009.
The man in black fled across the desert,
and the gunslinger followed.
I just reread the scene and I can see how you could get that impression. It seems as if Susannah is hearing Roland's voice in her head, perhaps urging her to do it..?
I would add that even Susannah felt it was sad that she threw away the gun, thinking that it "hurts her heart."
well I don't think I spoiled anything too badly, sorry...you'll find out what I meant within half an hour of picking up the novel, which I am sure you are planning on doing any day now right?Just throwing this out there: I haven't read It yet.
Don't forget to read the spoiler guidelines for each forum. A good rule of thumb is if it involves an end or a character's death, spoiler it. Also, we have two spoiler options here: one that just uses spoiler tags and another that allows you to add the name of the work being spoilered (Yeah, yeah. I know.)well I don't think I spoiled anything too badly, sorry...you'll find out what I meant within half an hour of picking up the novel, which I am sure you are planning on doing any day now right?Just throwing this out there: I haven't read It yet.
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It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
I'd say that's a spoiler only by the most extreme definitions of the term. It is something you could expect to see in just a very brief synopsis of the story.
Great! Now you've spoileredBrice
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
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Even an imaginary Roland in her mind wouldn't tell her to throw away those guns.
