I'm delighted to finally be starting the last book in the series (not counting Wind Through The Keyhole which I don't consider an official volume as much as a supplementary one at this point), and I'm really hoping that we get some things resolved soon because I'm starting to get really impatient.

I'm realizing that right now I'm having the same issue with several things I'm covering; plotlines are getting dragged out in ways that aren't interesting, and things that I'm really wanting to see more of are getting sidelined. This is true of this series, Jessica Jones, and WestWorld, and I think in this recording we can hear the moment when I realize how frustrated I am.

Because the thing is, the whole thing with a pregnant Susannah has gone on for quite long enough, and I am more than ready for it all to be over. But instead of starting this book out by wrapping up the labor, we instead get more of everyone but Susannah, and even the POVs of Jake and Callahan don't go on long enough to tell us what's happening to her. So I'm left feeling frankly bewildered that King chose to end the previous book when he did. Wouldn't it have made more sense to end it after Callahan's glorious and heroic death? There's just a lot about the choices made in the more recent books that I don't understand.

Anyway, I would definitely be interested to hear what you think, and we will see you again next week with three more chapters!