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ellen_irene 's review for:
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King
As I dive into the world of Stephen King, I'm starting to feel as though the Dark Tower is my least favorite. Granted, the entirety of what I have read has consisted of It, Pet Semetary, his memoir On Writing, and up the fifth book a n the Dark Tower.
While there are aspects I enjoy in this series, so much reminds me of why I grew tired of the X-Files and Fringe: Red Herrings. Perhaps, I'm judging too quickly, but so far most of the "mysteries" do not interest me. When the answers are revealed, I find it very lackluster. I'm determined to finish this series even though it's a bit of a grind, but I hope things get a little more exciting.
Stephen King himself has admitted that this series was a very casual project for him and, until his van accident, wasn't too motivated to finish the Dark Tower.
I also have to admit that I'm not into Westerns. This series is heavily influenced by Clint Eastwood's spaghetti Westerns and it shows. I do enjoy Westerns on occasion, but many are just too predictable for my tastes. That being said, this book seemed like a VERY drawn out version of The Magnificent Seven / The Seven Samurai. Only instead of fighting greedy rancher thugs, they're fighting robot werewolves heavily inspired by Dr. Doom. Yeah, alright...
I have some knowledge that the series becomes 'self-aware' and it turns out King is like a god in this world. I recently watched the John Carpenter movie "Into the Mouth of Madness". In this film, a sort of Stephen King character finds himself with God like powers in which the characters he's written become real people. I'm curious if King used this as inspiration for this revelation in this series?
In any case, The Wolves of the Calla was a grind to read. I think this is in part because King had to completely restructure how he wanted the series to end. As a result, much of this book was set up. I just didn't think it should take 700 pages between the set up of the confrontation with the Wolves to finally have a battle that was actually a bit 'meh'.
While there are aspects I enjoy in this series, so much reminds me of why I grew tired of the X-Files and Fringe: Red Herrings. Perhaps, I'm judging too quickly, but so far most of the "mysteries" do not interest me. When the answers are revealed, I find it very lackluster. I'm determined to finish this series even though it's a bit of a grind, but I hope things get a little more exciting.
Stephen King himself has admitted that this series was a very casual project for him and, until his van accident, wasn't too motivated to finish the Dark Tower.
I also have to admit that I'm not into Westerns. This series is heavily influenced by Clint Eastwood's spaghetti Westerns and it shows. I do enjoy Westerns on occasion, but many are just too predictable for my tastes. That being said, this book seemed like a VERY drawn out version of The Magnificent Seven / The Seven Samurai. Only instead of fighting greedy rancher thugs, they're fighting robot werewolves heavily inspired by Dr. Doom. Yeah, alright...
I have some knowledge that the series becomes 'self-aware' and it turns out King is like a god in this world. I recently watched the John Carpenter movie "Into the Mouth of Madness". In this film, a sort of Stephen King character finds himself with God like powers in which the characters he's written become real people. I'm curious if King used this as inspiration for this revelation in this series?
In any case, The Wolves of the Calla was a grind to read. I think this is in part because King had to completely restructure how he wanted the series to end. As a result, much of this book was set up. I just didn't think it should take 700 pages between the set up of the confrontation with the Wolves to finally have a battle that was actually a bit 'meh'.