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Cell

Stephen King

3.43 AVERAGE

mfox1015's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Why does no one talk about this SK book? It’s incredibly solid and a type of early “Last of Us”. Thoroughly enjoyed this one I picked up at a library sale!

itsclau_medina's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

braedanmacdowell's review against another edition

4.0

This book is about humanities version of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs. There is no escaping it, or wining. The absolute lack of control is palpable through the pages. This story paints a exquisite picture of a very real fear. On paper the idea sounds crazy but Mr. King has done what I would've thought to be impossible in this story. I recommend reading this book, because I think it'll become more and more frightening as we advance as a society.

tobin_elliott's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one was...just blah.

It was, for the most part, shockingly unmemorable. Yes, King went for the gore a few times, but I'm really not a gore fan. He also dove into the SF arena a little bit, and for the most part, he really shouldn't. TOMMYKNOCKERS and DREAMCATCHER are proof of that.

He had a few good moments when we lost one of the only two good characters in the novel. And the second good one? Yeah, he just kind of drifted away through most of the second half.

In fact, this novel's so forgettable that, literally 24 hours after having finished it, I'm having problems remembering most of it, because my mind continually drifted through the entire reading.

Not a hot mess like TOMMYKNOCKERS. Not a wandering mess like DREAMCATCHER. Just...dull.