It is not only that the premise of the book is weak, the storytelling itself feels rushed, with the group of survivors not only dealing with zombie-like creatures but with other survivors with psionic abilities or what is known as the touch in the worlds of Stephen King. It feels like King was trying to fulfill a promise he made in one of his Dark Tower books, where he referenced one world that died and tried to fill in that gap with this novel.

The tale of an apocalyptic level event that rocks the world emitted by a pulse to all cell phone users is, in itself, not the strongest of storylines. To its credit, it does manage to present us with a glimpse of how the gunslingers operated before the world moved on and offers needed character development for Roland and his crew, but like other entries in the Dark Tower series, this entry advances the plot somewhat, yet the author throws in multiple storylines to an already lore massive story it just a lot to take on. The book suffers from convolution too much happening at the same time and feeling too unwieldy at times. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of Calla sees Roland, a gun-wielding knight errand and Ka-tet crew take on, lightsaber carrying, doctor doom green cloaked army of killer robots that launch killer spheres right out of a horror movie.

A small group of brave samurai defends a village the same principle then repeats in the Magnificent Seven though this time, instead of sword-wielding samurais, you get gunslinging cowboys. The fifth entry of the Magnus opus series by Stephen King conjures classic themes from Kurosawa film Seven Samurai. So let’s take a look at the 15 worst Stephen King books.

Most of the bad ones come from his time as an addict, and that is something he personally recognizes. King, he wrote some bad books throughout his career. And we have to tell you, even though we love Mr. We are completely aware that not all of you will agree with us on this list, but we have tried to make it as non-biased as possible.

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