Zieveraar wrote:
boywithoutaspoon wrote:
I certainly like a lot of King's older books. It,The Shining, The Stand,The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and the Dark Tower series all stand out in my mind. I think that since he concluded the Dark Tower books, his stories have become certainly uninspired. Even the final book in the series was somewhat of a letdown, IMO.
I really dislike book 5 of the series. It might have been because it was the first one I read in English and not Dutch (native language) but the use of language in book 5 irritated me a lot. And he really started to drag a lot of his other older books in the story too. But book 6 didn't bother me as much and all in all, I do like the series, even the ending of it. With some 'details' that almost ruined it all though.
There are certainly things I like about
Wolves of the Calla, mainly the inclusion of Father Callahan. I like his character a lot. I do agree that it kind of dragged the series, though. After
Wizard and Glass, I was really ready for the quest to move on, and the whole thing at Calla Bryn Sturgis just took too long to play out IMO.
I didn't like the inclusion of King himself as a character in his book. I understand it, but I really didn't care for it. It just kind of cheapened the experience for me.
And man, that last book... I mean, I knew everyone was going to die, but it still sucked knowing it was going to happen, especially Oy. I think Oy is my favorite character in the series. Also, have you checked out the graphic novels? I just picked up the first two hardcover bindings, and have to say that I really enjoy it so far. Apparently there's also a graphic novel of
The Stand that's being done as well, but I've yet to check that out.