Dark Tower VII / Stephen King / 845 pages

This last installment of Stephen King's Dark Tower series goes a long way toward making up for the awful 6th book, Song of Susannah.  King appropriately chastised himself for succumbing to metafiction, both in the text of the story and in his author's note at the end.  He wrapped up all the loose ends of this story, though he seemed to be heading toward a Shakespearian-type tragedy by killing off all the characters.  Overall the series was enjoyable, and I loved the characters, especially the billy-bumbler Oy.  This last book had some of the best illustrations of any of the series, so well worth looking at just for those.