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In the fifth novel of the Dark Tower series, Roland and his companions continue their quest for the Dark Tower. Along the way, they encounter a large settlement in which the members of the community have a number of their children stolen away by creatures known as Wolves every generation. Roland and his ka-tet agree to aid the people of Calla in preventing this generation's child stealing.
This is not the best of the Dark Tower series of the five I've read so far, but it is definitely a good rea ...more
This is not the best of the Dark Tower series of the five I've read so far, but it is definitely a good rea ...more
Feels a lot quicker than 931 pages. It's basically a really long re-telling of Seven Samurai (which King acknowledges in his notes) along with a spaghetti western where the town bands together to defeat villains (name escapes me).
3 stars last time, 3 stars upon re-reading. Fun, but nothing very deep, and actually a bit of a departure from the earlier novels, a story in itself (although it does progress, slightly, the story of the Tower and the Beam). ...more
3 stars last time, 3 stars upon re-reading. Fun, but nothing very deep, and actually a bit of a departure from the earlier novels, a story in itself (although it does progress, slightly, the story of the Tower and the Beam). ...more
Mar 23, 2008
Terri
marked it as to-read
Jan 13, 2011
Gwyn
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Oct 08, 2011
Tine Mauer
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Jen
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