After reading the sixth book of the Dark Tower Series I was left thinking whether I like where the series is going or not? Before reading the book I was told that this is the book that is the worst in the series and takes a turn for the worst. I actually would have to say I enjoyed more things about this book then I was annoyed by. It is my least favorite of the Dark Tower books but it does not ruin the overall story.

The story takes place mainly in New York in different time periods and in Maine where Roland and his ka-tet are split to complete different tasks before they continue their journey to the Dark Tower. Susannah takes center stage in this story where she is being led by this mysterious other version of herself Mia to have her demon child in New York.

I can’t stand the character of Susannah and her multiple personalities. She already had three different personalities prior to this book and now she took on a fourth. It gets annoying and that is where this book shows weakness. The other part that annoyed me about this book was all the poetic speak. Every chapter or section has a little poem with come-comalla this and come-comalla that! Why? Come comalla and cut the shit so we can continue the story and stop wasting my time.  Stephen King is a great story teller but sometimes I question why he adds certain things to his stories that make no sense and are not important to the story at all.

Okay, enough on the negatives of the story. Now to the stuff that made it worth reading. The book kept me hooked because it continued telling you more of the mysteries surrounding the Dark Tower and kept throwing the characters in dangerous situations. Susannah is in 1999 where it is the future to her so she is in awe with how things have changed in the world. We learn about who the baby is why he is important to the overall story. The part of the story where Eddie and Roland end up starts off with guns blazing and keeps you wondering if they will make it out alive or not. Father Callahan and Jake’s side of the story leaves you with a set up for the final chapter of the story and makes you want to start the next book immediately to see what happens.

At the end of the fifth book, it hinted that Stephen King would be playing a part in his own story and I was very hesitant and annoyed that he was going to be in his own novel. I was pissed off and hoped that he wasn’t going to make himself God and that he would be the one at the top of the Tower. That is still a possibility since I haven’t finished the series yet but what they did with fictional Stephen King in this book was pretty cool.

I still have high hopes for how this series will end and still am very intrigued about the characters and the mystery of the world. This book is the lead in to the final chapter and did just that. I still think the whole series will all end in tragedy but instead I might be the one left with the tragedy that the ending sucked and I will have wasted 8 months of my life reading these books.