The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7) by Stephen King
It's finally here, a good thirty years after it began -- the end of the Dark Tower saga. Roland, Eddie, Jake, Susannah, and Oy are near the end of their quest for the Tower. I first began reading the series in high school, about twelve or thriteen years ago, and waited patiently (and less so) for the fourth through seventh books. Now, the wait is at last over, and, for better or worse, so is the Dark Tower story. I find quite interesting one of the quotes at the very beginning of the book. King includes a few lines from "Hurt" penned by Trent Reznor (and performed, of course, by Nine Inch Nails):
What have I become?
My sweetest friend?
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My own take upon reading this is that King is trying to tell his "Constant Readers" that they're quite likely to be pissed off by whatever ending he has in store. Not having finished the book, I have yet to see if that's true. It could also be looked at, by those well-versed in the story of the Tower, as being quite apropos to the story as it's developed thus far.
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