Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5)
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First, if you are a true fan of the King and this series, don't read the other reviews-- they are plot spoilers written by people who like to blast popular storytellers for not delivering the second coming of Jesus Christ (The Man...
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First, if you are a true fan of the King and this series, don't read the other reviews-- they are plot spoilers written by people who like to blast popular storytellers for not delivering the second coming of Jesus Christ (The Man Jesus, too) everytime they publish a book or screen a film. A mediocre Stephen King story is still 1000 times the story of what passes for a bestseller these days. And 'Wolves' is no mediocre King tale. It's... well, it's not Wizard and Glass (my favorite in the series, for the romance, the backstory, and the raw emotional ride of the build up and payoff), but it's not like any of the others, either. It is its own, and that is as it should be. After finishing Wolves of the Calla, I struggled to form a definite opinion and I will offer none here. Except to say that what I have always loved about the King's books are the combinations of horror, humanity, and humor; the utter surprise of direction each journey takes, especially in this series; and the comfort of listening to a storyteller who is the voice of the magic story-telling wizard of an uncle you always wish you had but never did...that's all here too. And lastly, a comment about the self-referential moments that some of the other "reviewers" are complaining about... I think what He (King)'s suggesting here is not nearly as self-centered as it first reads, and that these King-ish revelations are part of is actually a fairly logical course of events, especially when one considers that the Dark Tower is the nexus of EVERYTHING-- all realites, all times, all universes. Constant Readers will recall that the King has stated, many times, that he believes all stories are real somewhere, that "fiction is the truth inside the lie," and that the Dark Tower series is his very own version of Roland's Dark Tower. Hat's off to the Dickens of our time. May he end it with all the risk and reward he has delivered thus far. Comment | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)
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