woahno 's review for:

Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

3.0

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It's been about a year since I read a book in this series. The last entry I read was 'Salem's Lot and seeing the crossovers into this story were fun. I would say that we basically have a sequel to that novel within the pages of this one. Father Callahan was awesome. I like his character a lot and him being added to Roland and crew helped me enjoy this installment perhaps more than any of the others. I also loved the choice to have a much more contained story in Wolves of the Calla. No massive cliffhanger ending this time, the book starts out with a clear objective right at the beginning and has less meandering in between. I'm still not a fan of some of the characters and I still think some of the references are too much at times but this book gets a new twist thrown in, a meta element that was not around before, or at least not to the level it is here. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that right now. It's a mixed bag for me at this time but I'll wait to reserve judgement untilI have read book six at least and maybe even until after I finish the entire series. Oh and Roland is still a great character in my opinion. And it is largely because of him that I am still enjoying this strange journey with some caveats along the way. Stephen King certainly has a distinct style and these stories stand out to me for all their flaws and strengths.