I thought this was one of the better King books for quite a while. I'm a big fan of his and I really enjoyed this book, I got through it in 2 days. Good characters and he always has a kid or two that shines through. The ending was a bit disappointing but it still ended quite well. I'd recommend it to King fans and someone looking for an example of his writing.
The cell phone thing was just creepy, and it shows how people have come to think of them as a must have, even for trival use. They have their place in our lives but do they need to take them over? I see so many people driving with them stuck in their ears that it is insane!
The cell phone thing was just creepy, and it shows how people have come to think of them as a must have, even for trival use. They have their place in our lives but do they need to take them over? I see so many people driving with them stuck in their ears that it is insane!
First off, I've never been so glad that I don't own a cell phone! Secondly, Stephen King has penned another gruesome winner, going back to his days of blood and gore. CELL starts off with the Pulse, where everyone who owns a cell phone answers a call and subsequently goes psycho. Back to their basic days of kill or be killed, these are slobbery creatures with no morals, emotions, or human qualities besides the desire to destroy.
Enter Clayton Riddell, a man happy to have never given in to the need to purchase a cell phone, who watches the people on the street of Boston go murderous. He hooks up with Tom, another "normie" and Alice, who watched her mother go crazy and kill a cab-driver, to escape the city. Clay is heading home to Kent's Pond, Maine, to check on the well-being of his estranged wife, Sharon (who doesn't own a cell phone) and his son Johnny (who does).
What follows is the groups trials and trevails as they're inevitably pushed towards Kashwak, the NO-FO zone. You'll have to read CELL to figure out what this means, but believe me, it's well worth your time and effort!
Stephen King has returned to his days of blood and gore, guts and more blood, and the result is a winner. If you love horror, or King in particular, you won't go wrong picking up a copy of this latest winner.
Enter Clayton Riddell, a man happy to have never given in to the need to purchase a cell phone, who watches the people on the street of Boston go murderous. He hooks up with Tom, another "normie" and Alice, who watched her mother go crazy and kill a cab-driver, to escape the city. Clay is heading home to Kent's Pond, Maine, to check on the well-being of his estranged wife, Sharon (who doesn't own a cell phone) and his son Johnny (who does).
What follows is the groups trials and trevails as they're inevitably pushed towards Kashwak, the NO-FO zone. You'll have to read CELL to figure out what this means, but believe me, it's well worth your time and effort!
Stephen King has returned to his days of blood and gore, guts and more blood, and the result is a winner. If you love horror, or King in particular, you won't go wrong picking up a copy of this latest winner.
Great book! Creepy, chilling, this book doesn't want you to stop reading till the end!
This book is definitely classic King. I don't want to spoil the end for anybody, but it definitely keeps you thinking after you've closed the book. I did feel it started a little slow, but then did the usual thing King's books do, and picked up so you can't put it down. After all these years, I'm still amazed at the way this man can write. A must read for fans and anyone who's wants to be freaked out by their cell phone.
Not my favorite King book. Sometimes the plot was a little too far fetched and I was a bit disappointed in the ending.
A message is sent out over cell phones around the country and people begin to go insane, killing each other or themselves. First Stephen King I've read in many, many years. Interesting writing but full of explicit language and images and I was disappointed by the ending. But King fans will probably love it.
I dont have this book anymore.
