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Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5)

Stephen King,

Bernie Wrightson (Illustrator)

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Dec 23, 2017 Sable rated it it was amazing

Read for the I Just Have to Read More of That Author Reading Challenge, the Second Best Reading Challenge, the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge, the High Fantasy Reading Challenge, and the Read the Sequel Reading Challenge.

This book was nominated for the Stoker and Locus Awards.

I guess it's no secret now how much I love the Dark Tower series. One of the best parts about it is that it's a genre-bender. Is this fantasy or science fiction or horror? Is it a post-apocalyptic Western or a high fanta ...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Julie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The lingo of Calla Bryn Sturgis is addictive as hell and I find myself wanting to adopt bits of Dark Tower slang into my everyday speech -- may it do ya fine -- and the meta in this series is getting magnificent. The structure of Wolves of the Calla was also pretty similar to Roland & co's tenure in Mejis, with the long slow preparation for a single day of action... except with better insight into Roland's ka-tet, fully-fledged gunslingers by his side, more heartbreaking betrayal, robots, better ...more

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Dec 05, 2016 Ben Myatt added it

Probably my favourite of the Dark Tower books, the battle for the Calla, and the buildup to it is one of those great self-contained stories that keeps you reading.

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