by:
Stephen King,
Bernie Wrightson Average Rating:
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A Good Dark Tower Book
As Dark Tower books go, Wolves of the Calla is pretty darn good -- certainly a step up from the turgid, soap opera nature of Wizard and Glass. However, it's just not as good as previous novels, with Drawing of the Three and The Waste Lands being the best so far. As a fan of King's 'Salem's Lot -- one of his best early books -- I was intrigued by the addition of Father Callahan, but I found myself wishing the man would shut up as he relayed his own story following the events of the Lot. I especially ...
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Almost Worth the Long Wait
Over half a decade since Wizard & Glass, Stephen King has finally decided to throw us "Tower junkies" a bone, and this bone has a lot of meat on it. Wolves of the Calla presents three separate storylines: the ka-tet's protection of a little village called Calla Bryn Sturgis that is attacked by mysterious "Wolves" every 23 years, their periodic visits to 1977 New York City to deal with Calvin Tower and his vacant lot, and the pregnancy of Susannah and her newly developing personality, Mia (a reference ...
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Not the best but satisfying
I have to admit that a lengthy amount of time passed for me before picking up the series again on a flight from CO to FL with Wizard and Glass. I was at once sucked in and rejuvinated to see how the Tower series ended. Since reading Wolves of Calla I'm starting to wonder just what happened in the world of Steven King to change the series layout. The story was good and there were the elements there that were wholly Mid-World therefore wholly engrossing. I was disappointed in the necessity to lend from so many ...
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