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Our CELL reviews [SPOILERS]
I haven't seen a lot of discussion on the board here about CELL, so I thought I'd start a thread where we could share our thoughts. [SPOILERS] throughout, including the ending - don't read on unless you've finished.
I'll admit, it took me a while to get into the book. It was almost like "Stephen King's Greatest Hits" with some of the gore, descriptions and speech patterns sounding a bit too familiar. Not that it wasn't good, just predictable in a way. It wasn't until Clay, Tom and Alice reached Gaiten Academy and saw the phoners lined up on the soccer field that the book really took hold of me. After that, though, I really started to feel the story and the characters. I thought the way the phoners kept changing was interesting and kept you on your toes, although some of the things (levitation?) seemed a little too left-field.
I hated it when Alice died.
I loved the ambiguous ending, one of those times when King didn't press on just a little too far, but instead left us wanting more.
All in all it was an enjoyable read - maybe not a classic, but a great ride nonetheless.
Blu
I'll admit, it took me a while to get into the book. It was almost like "Stephen King's Greatest Hits" with some of the gore, descriptions and speech patterns sounding a bit too familiar. Not that it wasn't good, just predictable in a way. It wasn't until Clay, Tom and Alice reached Gaiten Academy and saw the phoners lined up on the soccer field that the book really took hold of me. After that, though, I really started to feel the story and the characters. I thought the way the phoners kept changing was interesting and kept you on your toes, although some of the things (levitation?) seemed a little too left-field.
I hated it when Alice died.
I loved the ambiguous ending, one of those times when King didn't press on just a little too far, but instead left us wanting more.
All in all it was an enjoyable read - maybe not a classic, but a great ride nonetheless.
Blu
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1. "Cell: A Novel" by Stephen King (Scribner) (F-H)