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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I feel like this may be the weakest volume in the Dark Tower sequence, but then the wait for this one was so long that it's hard to imagine how it wouldn't be disappointing. It's an odd episode in a sequence of many odd episodes. I'll have to read it again to be able to exactly explain why.
I have wrestled with this series since book two. Book one was intriguing and made me want to read more. From there on, I was torn between love and utter dislike, but I still wanted to know where the story would take me. Book five finally threw me off. I couldn't finish it and won't pick it up again. The story drags and drags and all the 'do ya fine' and 'say thank ya' REALLY annoyed me. I wanted to love The Dark Tower series, but I'm not interested in Roland or his ka-tet anymore. Sad, but true (for me).
Wolves of the Calla is a weird one. While it’s the first time I’ve cared about the Dark Tower present-day story since Drawing of the Three, the majority of the book amounts to little more than a side quest. At least we got Callahan out of it, who is a legitimately fascinating character. And luckily the todash segments help keep the fantasy kookiness grounded, overall making this just a bit more engaging than most of the entries so far.
3 out of 5
Bright-red Pennywise Clown Noses
3 out of 5
Bright-red Pennywise Clown Noses
Spoilers for whole series---
I find the Dark Tower series very uneven. Sometimes the prose is surprisingly good, sometimes it's just no....no. I feel like, if only King would have kept to Rolands fantasy world, these books would be somewhat good fantasy, but when he has to write in characters from his other books in sometimes strained ways (according to me), the story drops alot. I also cringe when they have to travel to New York all the friggin time, whats up with that? But the worst was when King wrote himself into the story, that was just laughable. As I said if he only would have kept himself to Rolands world, I would have appreciated this story alot more!
I find the Dark Tower series very uneven. Sometimes the prose is surprisingly good, sometimes it's just no....no. I feel like, if only King would have kept to Rolands fantasy world, these books would be somewhat good fantasy, but when he has to write in characters from his other books in sometimes strained ways (according to me), the story drops alot. I also cringe when they have to travel to New York all the friggin time, whats up with that? But the worst was when King wrote himself into the story, that was just laughable. As I said if he only would have kept himself to Rolands world, I would have appreciated this story alot more!
Man this was tough. First 70% was a slough of palaver and boredom. Lots of info that I hope comes into play later of course.
This shit has an after credits scene that has more impact than the entire first half of the book and that drives me nuts.
This shit has an after credits scene that has more impact than the entire first half of the book and that drives me nuts.
a much easier 3 day read with the milder narrator
“And as they walked, that sense of rightness grew. A feeling that all his hard decisions, al the pain and loss and spilled blood, had not been for nothing. after all. There was a reason. There was a purpose. There was life and love. He heard it all in the song of the rose, and he too began to cry. Mostly with relief. Getting here had been a hard journey. Many had died. Yet here they lived; here they sang with the rose. His life had not all been a dry dream after all.”