Wolves of the Calla

I was somewhat of two minds with this. On one hand, it's another book with a long, drawn-out flashback. BUT, this one was more integrated to the main storyline, and it featured Father Callahan, protagonist of one of my favourite King novels.

Susannah continues to get short shrift in this one, two, with the rest of the ka-tet holding back important information from her and leaving her out of some important councils. BUT, they admit this is a stupid idea, and there are some other interesting, active female characters throughout the book (the Sisters of Oriza).

Mostly, the good outweighed the bad - lots of “easter egg” type stuff about Breakers, and Low Men, which make me hopeful that Ted Brautigan and Bobby Garfield are going to show up in the future, and lots of interesting stuff about the nature of the Tower.

The ending bothered me, though. I know that King's been weaving modern myths and stories into the series (not just his own), but the ones that he chooses here felt ... silly. Not that they're not good stories in their own right, but because they're still so new and modern, it felt cheesy to have them included.