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nathan01 's review for:
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King
When it comes to epic fantasy, I often see a complaint along the lines of “this did not need to be so long and lots of content could have been trimmed”. I tend to find myself disagreeing with those statements. That’s why this book baffles me. Truly, now that it’s all said and done, I have to ask myself: Why was it so long? The worst part is, this is not like series such as the Wheel of Time or ASOIAF, which both establish a precedent that the reader is embarking on a long, slow, and detailed journey. The opening of the Dark Tower might suggest a long one, but The Gunslinger and the Drawing of the Three are extremely fast paced. While The Wastelands and Wizard and Glass took it down a notch, the pacing development made sense with the characters now fully established. This book however, is just an oddity. I find myself very disappointed with it because of the high bar that was set previously. The series continues to be unique, absurd, and funnier than ever, and it’s a shame that I did not enjoy this as much as I could have. I have basically no qualms with the story itself or the characters, but what should have been a simple detour in the narrative got way out of hand.