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Originally Posted by mores
synecdoche |siˈnekdəkē|
noun
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “
that still does not make sense to me ... I think I should get me a "one-complicated-word-a-day" calendar too 
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Think of it as "part representing the whole", and think of new, non-
Dark Tower stories/novels by Stephen King "re-presenting" the big story happening in the series. If it helps (and it does me), think of Charlie Kaufman, (writer:
Being John Malkovich) writing and directing a movie in which
"a theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play". Okay, this doesn't help at all, but I'm
really looking forward to that movie.
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I haven't really ditched a series because of a "finale", a lot of them just lost their appeal.
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I'll note that, as mentioned, "I liked this series very much, and happily recommend it to people". Similar to the duology,
The Sparrow and
Children of God, my somewhat dissatisfaction with aspects of them do not preclude me from recommending them or enjoying them. The finale isn't the only pleasure to be drawn from a book or series, and, assuming that, for instance, everyone who read Stephen King's
Dark Tower series was as disappointed as me in the finale (a very bad assumption to make - I have never had a single fellow reader agree with me), I don't think that it would or should make anyone give up on them. There's way too much pleasure to be had on the journey (Hell, I'd reread them just for the bits containing Oy.
).
Cheers,
Marc