Bracket #10: The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)

[Jean]

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, 2003
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Please vote for The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_V:_Wolves_of_the_Calla) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

Please base your vote only on this book's own merits, not how it fits into the series as a whole.

[blavigne]

One great adventure, this was an exciting book to me, and also my favorite of the series but that is not why I give it a 5 :)

[Jean]

: intrigued :

[mae]

Second least favorite of the series, right after Wizard & Glass. Callahan's story was awesome though, could've been its own novel. A three.

[Jean]

oh, this thread needs more Wolves lovers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as I said many times before, it's bears' very favorite volume of the novel

[Ben Staad]

Loved it. This is easily in my top two for the series.

[Jean]

One great adventure, this was an exciting book to me, and also my favorite of the series but that is not why I give it a 5 :)
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Loved it. This is easily in my top two for the series.
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[alkanto]

5. It's tied for 2nd place favorite of the series. A very welcome change after WaG

[mae]

A very welcome change after WaG

Yeah but still too much lollygagging and jumping in hay.

[Jean]

A very welcome change after WaG

Yeah but still too much lollygagging and jumping in hay. ok - but Andy the Messenger Robot, and Callahan, and the whole twins thing, and the whole wolves thing, and the grandfather's story, and what King is the real king of - a community that lives through crucial changes, the interaction between those people - and the battle, and Orizas, and the anatomy of betrayal, the spectacles, and the price of betrayal... for all that, a three? a three?!!! because of jumping in hay?!

[mae]

Didn't mean to upset you, Jean ol' buddy, and I really liked some parts of this novel, but sitting around the Calla most of the book was what bored me and made me give it a three. Callahan was great, and had the story progressed more, it would've been a four.

[blavigne]

Bears I love all of the above including the lollygagging and jumping in the hay but mostly I love that this is where Roland becomes a whole person to me, where he feels most real if you know what I mean.

[Jean]

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[divemaster]

Up near the top, but not at the top. Strong 4.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

5. 2nd favorite (after WaG) I think the casual pace of the novel is part of the enjoyment for me. This might be why I loved WaG so much.

[Garrell]

5555555555555!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best book in the series and one of SK's best ever. The whole "Magnificent 7", guns a blazing was just awesome:)

[Shannon]

A strong 4. Way too much set up and too little pay-off. It was a very good read, but not one of his best. A stand-alone story.

[Jean]

5555555555555!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best book in the series and one of SK's best ever. The whole "Magnificent 7", guns a blazing was just awesome:)

yes! yes!! bears think of it as "the seven samurai" part, but totally agree with the rest

[frik]

Didn't mean to upset you, Jean ol' buddy, and I really liked some parts of this novel, but sitting around the Calla most of the book was what bored me and made me give it a three. Callahan was great, and had the story progressed more, it would've been a four.

+1

sk

[DoctorDodge]

A very welcome change after WaG

Yeah but still too much lollygagging and jumping in hay. ok - but Andy the Messenger Robot, and Callahan, and the whole twins thing, and the whole wolves thing, and the grandfather's story, and what King is the real king of - a community that lives through crucial changes, the interaction between those people - and the battle, and Orizas, and the anatomy of betrayal, the spectacles, and the price of betrayal... for all that, a three? a three?!!! because of jumping in hay?!

This mini-rant made me laugh, for some reason. (Probably because I've just finished watching another Malcolm Tucker rant and now imagine it being read as loudly as possible by Peter Capaldi! :lol:) But yes, for all those reasons Jean, an easy 5.

[fernandito]

5. Loved it.

[Jean]

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[Patrick]

... Andy the Messenger Robot, and Callahan, and the whole twins thing, and the whole wolves thing, and the grandfather's story, and what King is the real king of - a community that lives through crucial changes, the interaction between those people - and the battle, and Orizas, and the anatomy of betrayal, the spectacles, and the price of betrayal...
For all that, a 5.

[Jean]

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[Jean]

Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!

[mae]

The poll has closed. Wolves of the Calla has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.441176471 or 88.82%, placing 1st (winner) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2.

[Jean]

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[The Road Virus]

Deuce

[dardar]

5 - loved it!