The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

Whatever!

I was not thrilled with book V. The dialogue was horrible and the story was slow with zero action. The whole book built up to the battle with the wolves. The battle lasted about 10 pages. Wow! King needed like 800 pages to prepare for the coming of the Wolves. I was confused why the characters suddenly started speaking in a different dialect. Also, Susannah said the same line over and over throughout the entire book. Of course I will finish the series, but I was not impressed. Only the strength of King's narrative and my love for the characters kept me going.

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Wolves of the Calla, the Dark Tower series, Book 5

Being a fan of the Dark Tower series, I was highly disappointed in this book. I found it to be boring and unneccessary in the telling of the journey of the wonderful characters. This is a book that can be skipped in the reading of the series. This story could and should have been told in less than 700 pages. However, the tales of Susannah's pregnancy and the throwing of the plates are what kept me reading until the end. I am looking forward to book VI.

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Awwwww yeah

To the person below: are you 8 years old? Nobody loves you. This series is crayz legit, brahh. (As kids say these days)

Boring!

A real chore to get through. It made no sense in the overall plot of the series. Does not inspire me to read the next book.

Another amzing edition to the series

I am a die hard King fan and I think this is him at the top of his game. You can tell throughout the whole series that he really is having a ton of fun writing this and really enjoys the characters he developes.

Wolves of the Calla

The Dark Tower's Series is about the best that Stephen King has written. For me only the Stand is in the same class. The Dark Tower series is long but when done I always look for the next book in the series.

Loved it!

My favorite of the series so far...? Well, it's hard to have a favorite when they're all so good. But THIS one was specially good. Thank you Mr. King.

Dark tower stephen king

Love the books hope the movie and series get compleated love to see the story on film and tv!

Pulls you in!!

I am enjoying this series when I didn't think I would. I read the first book when it came out in the 70's and then no others until my youngest daughter read the series and insisted I also read them. It is quite a journey entertwining many of King's other books into it along the way. I would recommend it to all Stephen King lovers. My first grandson is named Roland which at first I wasn't happy with but now believe it is a good, strong name.

Better on the second read

I had to read the series twice to fully appreciate this book. Loved it the second time; Roland's story is much more interesting when you've read it in its entirety.

Great continuation

Excellent! It adds to the story of their quest and pulls you in to read more. Left me wanting to read further and not set it down. Excited to move on to book VI!

Another great moment of time in Roland's ka-tet

The Wolves of Calla got a lot of lower star ratings than the previous books in the series and a lot of the comments stated that it just didn¿t have the action that the other books had, that it was slower. As I read, it is apparent that this book doesn¿t have that injection of action throughout the story as the previous ones in the series did. However, I really felt the build up that was created until the end was really deep and intense.

The book explored more of the characters internally, their feelings, thoughts and growth that is occurring during this journey. Meeting the people of Calla and how some of their ties to the whens and wheres of Susannah and Eddie came into play. How the story weaves itself in and out of the previous books was just so gripping. You could feel the character¿s progression as a ka-tet and how their regard for one another had changed.

Sure, it didn¿t have roaring action all the way through, but the action it had was fantastic. And like after reading the previous books in the series, I¿m headed to get the next one right away. I get excited to start the new ones each time but also sad to see the books end, this is truly a story I could go on reading forever.

If you've made it this far you might as well finish the series.

It is a long read and considering the build up to the last few pages it is worth it. I don't think its quite a good as DT IV but still not a disapointment.

its a must to read

this is a geat book you must read all the books

To die for!

Certainly one of my two most desired novels of one of the best collection!

Wolves of the Calla as well as Wizard and Glass had been the best parts of this collection in my opinion... Stephen King is absolutely within his element here, getting down to the page-burning tale telling which makes individuals adore him. I actually tore throughout this particular novel, certainly not wishing to place it all the way down and also be away from each other from Roland and company. As opposed to The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three in addition to Wasteland all possess a reasonable quantity of exposition as well as set-up taking place ,, in Wizard and Glass as well as Wolves of the Calla we have the pay off-- powerful, comprehensive, emotionally charged, as well as fascinating.

Mind you, fanatics of the "Lost" Television series is not only going to really enjoy The Dark Tower line, but will discover many extremely recognizable factors.

So far, my favorite of the series

Wow (5 Stars), I did not have high expectations for this one after coming off of Wizard and Glass. I thought Wizard and Glass would be the highlight of the series, but I was wrong. Wolves of the Calla is a fantastic tale. I especially liked Father Callahan and his story. Highly recommend!

amazing from begining to the very end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome from begining to the very end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent

Excellent

Better than the last

Each book gets beeter n better!

This is an excellent read, five of five stars.

The Dark Tower is the nexus of all worlds and Roland has been searching for it since he was a teenager. This is easily one of the best Stephen King novels I've ever read.

Wolves of the Calla begins with Roland and his at first reluctant traveling companions in Calla Byron Strurgis, a small town of Shoremen(Drovers, or farmers). Set in one of the many other worlds that the Dark Tower holds together, Roland and his Ka-tet,(Group of closely bound travelers on a quest) are called upon to stand for the White, as Mr. King calls it. It is a tale of good and evil like no other.

Roland and his friends discover they are being followed by a party from the town and agree to meet with them. During this gathering, they meet Tian, who's the reason for the meeting. They also meet Father Callahan, the priest who knows of the other worlds and hints that he can help them find the door to the Dark Tower. The gathering is of the most important townspeople, one of whom is a wealthy, arrogant man, and the very tall robot, Andy.

During their travels, Roland's group have had other dealings with mechanical things like Andy are immediately distrustful. The meeting reveals that the townspeople are under a curse. In this broken world, every birth provides a set of twins and once every thirty years or so, wolves on horseback come from the distant place called Thunderclap to take one of each. These unlucky children are returned weeks later on a train, roont. This is the term for the twin given back because they are not the same. They are empty headed, only capable of the barest speech and behaviors. They grow to extreme size and die within just a few years. Painfully. The meeting is the townspeople's first attempt in three generations to fight back. But there is a rat. Two of them that Roland and his companions suspect but do not find proof on until the days just before the wolves are due to arrive.


Wolves of the Calla has a number of subplots, like the mysterious black thirteen that they use to visit other worlds while they sleep, determined to protect the rose that holds the Dark Tower. There is also a story of boyhood friends, betrayal of trust, and demon pregnancy that will keep the reader spell bound. The battle with the wolves comes after Andy the robot has been dealt with and the to her traitor is trapped by Roland's plans. He has been gathering those in the Calls that can fight and the day of the wolves, he sets them in place and the fight begins. They win of course. This is an excellent read, five of five stars. Out of the seven Stephen King novels in this series, Wolves of the Calla is the second best. The top of the lot, is the third book, The Wastelands.