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A review by smithjasont01
Wolves Of The Calla - The Dark Tower V by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
4.25
"Graves come later. Just remember, it's the winners who dig them"
What's more western than a small town in trouble hiring the help of a band of gunslingers? Back on the path of the beam Roland and company come across a small town that every generation has a wolf problem. Only these wolves take children. While they come back they are broken and dumb, only living a few years afterwards. This time however most of the town is willing to fight as long as the gunslingers are their by their side. The Ka-tet also needs assistance in saving the rose back in NYC and get it through the help of a dark object in the procession of Father Callahan after his own tale and doings in Salems lot. Through all this Susannah is struggling with the pregnancy of a child who is not her own as well as a personality dedicated to the child.
While this has tones of western elements Sci fi is on full display here with robotic lights saber wielding wolves, high tech surveillance and more. There is time travel as the tet goes back and forth between the Calla and NYC a few times in their attempts to protect the rose at all cost. And then there is Andy the messenger robot orchestrating it all but for who?
Eddie and Jake have a ton of character development in this book. Eddie becoming a bad ass in his own right, the scene of him protecting Calvin Tower is the highlight there. Jake has to come to grips with losing his childhood and stepping into adulthood in a big way. He on his own finds out who is behind the wolves. But then in the battle suffers a big loss. Roland shows more of his humanity both in an emotional state as well as how he is getting older and will need to rely on others more and more. Only Susannah feels like she takes a step back as she has to deal with a new person in her head and is thus sidelined for a large portion of the book.
While not a major advancement toward the tower this book was a fun read none the less.
What's more western than a small town in trouble hiring the help of a band of gunslingers? Back on the path of the beam Roland and company come across a small town that every generation has a wolf problem. Only these wolves take children. While they come back they are broken and dumb, only living a few years afterwards. This time however most of the town is willing to fight as long as the gunslingers are their by their side. The Ka-tet also needs assistance in saving the rose back in NYC and get it through the help of a dark object in the procession of Father Callahan after his own tale and doings in Salems lot. Through all this Susannah is struggling with the pregnancy of a child who is not her own as well as a personality dedicated to the child.
While this has tones of western elements Sci fi is on full display here with robotic lights saber wielding wolves, high tech surveillance and more. There is time travel as the tet goes back and forth between the Calla and NYC a few times in their attempts to protect the rose at all cost. And then there is Andy the messenger robot orchestrating it all but for who?
Eddie and Jake have a ton of character development in this book. Eddie becoming a bad ass in his own right, the scene of him protecting Calvin Tower is the highlight there. Jake has to come to grips with losing his childhood and stepping into adulthood in a big way. He on his own finds out who is behind the wolves. But then in the battle suffers a big loss. Roland shows more of his humanity both in an emotional state as well as how he is getting older and will need to rely on others more and more. Only Susannah feels like she takes a step back as she has to deal with a new person in her head and is thus sidelined for a large portion of the book.
While not a major advancement toward the tower this book was a fun read none the less.