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Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King
I remember enjoying this when I first read it years ago. The pages just flew by and I couldn't wait for the next book to come out. My second reading was an entirely different experience. Summed up, this book is simply the gunslingers' attempt to save a town. That's it. As far as main plot points go, there may have been two or three in the entire book. We get some more information on New York and the vacant lot, and another of the magic rainbow objects is found. Everything else really is just preparing to defeat a group of unknown attackers in a random small town.
We are introduced to a large number of the people in the town, and we are supposed to care about their plights, and care about their back stories even though they have no effect on the grand scheme of things. If this were a stand alone novel, then that would be perfectly fine, but we are reading this because it is Dark Tower V, not because we care about what some mystery beings are doing in some tiny town kidnapping children. I did want to know what the wolves were and why they were taking children to some extent, but that wouldn't have been enough for me if this weren't a part of the Dark Tower series. A series that I thought I loved I might add. I find it hard to believe that this somehow stretched over so many pages when very little actually happened, but it's Stephen King, so it should be expected I guess.
Wolves of the Calla isn't a bad book, but it isn't great either. I really wanted more to happen, or maybe something different to happen. I didn't care about the new characters, and I really didn't care about some drunken preacher's back story, but I do care about the series as a whole. I can only hope that the next book is as good as I remember it, and that some plot progression occurs. Otherwise, this entire series is simply one big chunk of meandering nonsense.
We are introduced to a large number of the people in the town, and we are supposed to care about their plights, and care about their back stories even though they have no effect on the grand scheme of things. If this were a stand alone novel, then that would be perfectly fine, but we are reading this because it is Dark Tower V, not because we care about what some mystery beings are doing in some tiny town kidnapping children. I did want to know what the wolves were and why they were taking children to some extent, but that wouldn't have been enough for me if this weren't a part of the Dark Tower series. A series that I thought I loved I might add. I find it hard to believe that this somehow stretched over so many pages when very little actually happened, but it's Stephen King, so it should be expected I guess.
Wolves of the Calla isn't a bad book, but it isn't great either. I really wanted more to happen, or maybe something different to happen. I didn't care about the new characters, and I really didn't care about some drunken preacher's back story, but I do care about the series as a whole. I can only hope that the next book is as good as I remember it, and that some plot progression occurs. Otherwise, this entire series is simply one big chunk of meandering nonsense.