"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
hear, hear
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole series is about to run out and see the first Dark Tower. I think this is the biggest moment of the series and maybe even all the books Stephen King.
You mean the moment that Roland first sees the Tower? Hm, you may be right about that. It did seem to obsess the writer nearly as much as the gunslinger.
I cried a few times during TDT, but the one that made me cry hardest was Roland reciting the names of every friend, fallen or lost, during his journey. I got a quarter of the way through the page and I felt my eyes getting wet, but when he got to Jake's name I just couldn't stand it any more; I lost all composure. No book has ever made me happier than that moment. That had to be my favorite moment.
Oh yeah, that was probably the best of them all. Plus the scenes of him walking through the tower rooms.
Dandelo was a pretty cool character. I also liked the scene with the three Stephen Kings. But beyond anything, the scenes with Mordred were also my very favorites.
so much to choose from, but what has ringing my head since i finished my re-read (the only one too, I was not happy with the end the first time I read it (the morning after it was released lol) and I have not picked it up again until now) is Oy.
I loved him in this book, so very much and I loved being able to get into his head, hear and feel his thoughts.
I lurk, therefore I am.
The Taheen asking Roland for mercy and Roland flatly denying him and then blowing him away
Roland sitting with Oy's dead body in his lap and gently petting him
Callahan's heroic last stand
Theres got probably a dozen different ones I can think of but I'll put one I haven't seen yet. The paragraph on page 129 then the shootout that follows on pgs 133-135.
"Strap your gun, Eddie," Roland said, holding out the revolver with the sandalwood grips.
Mine. Now he calls it mine. Eddie felt a small chill.
"I thought we were going to Susannah and Jake." But he took the revolver and belted it willingly enough.
Roland nodded. "But I believe we have a little work to do first, against those who killed Callahan and then tried to kill Jake." His face didn't change as he spoke, but both Eddie Dean and John Cullum felt a chill. For a moment it was almost impossible to look at the gunslinger.
So came-although they did not know it, which was likely more mercy than such as they deserved- the death sentence of Flaherty, the taheen Lamla, and their ka-tet.
Definitely one of Roland's most bad ass moments in my opinion
"Battles that last 5 minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years"
I'm on a re-read of the series, my most recent in a few years and I'm shocked at how much I'm loving DT7 so much this go around. I can't put it down.
I read yesterday the scene where Jake and Oy trade bodies, so hilarious to me. Also, I'm digging the Mordred scenes a lot more this time around.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.