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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Car accident
Stephen King predicted it first y’all. our phones make us zombs
This book goes by so quickly! I actually liked the fast pacing of this book. Its good for a late night read where you want to experience the power of Stephen King's creativity and ability to make the mundane, "insane." The only other Stephen King book I've read is The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, and that one seemed to take awhile building suspense.
I didn't think the intro was too crazy as far as apocalyptic chaos scenes go because only a handful of encounters were described. An I do love anything thing that opens as "it was a nice peaceful day and then cell phone calls resulted in explosions, lots of blood, and people running around, some without clothes." Yeah, I enjoyed that.
The characters were likeable enough. I didn't feel too invested with them and I didn't feel like I was going on the journey with them. The latter is due to the fact that I ALWAYS have my cell phone on me so there was no hope for my survival. The main character in particular, Clay, was interesting because you get the feeling that he's not the smartest one in the apocalypse. But Stephen King definitely did that on purpose and it fits into the plot well. Its interesting to create a character that the reader is usually one step ahead of. Being a female, I wish there were more females. My favorite character is the Head just because of the awesome quote that seems to be the most popular for this novel.
The story itself built up really well. I found myself increasing my reading speed during a lot of sections because I wanted to know what would happen.
This isn't a book that changed me in some way or gave me a life altering new perception, so that is why I stuck with 4 stars. Anyway, read it!
I didn't think the intro was too crazy as far as apocalyptic chaos scenes go because only a handful of encounters were described. An I do love anything thing that opens as "it was a nice peaceful day and then cell phone calls resulted in explosions, lots of blood, and people running around, some without clothes." Yeah, I enjoyed that.
The characters were likeable enough. I didn't feel too invested with them and I didn't feel like I was going on the journey with them. The latter is due to the fact that I ALWAYS have my cell phone on me so there was no hope for my survival. The main character in particular, Clay, was interesting because you get the feeling that he's not the smartest one in the apocalypse. But Stephen King definitely did that on purpose and it fits into the plot well. Its interesting to create a character that the reader is usually one step ahead of. Being a female, I wish there were more females. My favorite character is the Head just because of the awesome quote that seems to be the most popular for this novel.
The story itself built up really well. I found myself increasing my reading speed during a lot of sections because I wanted to know what would happen.
This isn't a book that changed me in some way or gave me a life altering new perception, so that is why I stuck with 4 stars. Anyway, read it!
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
Dark. Fast-paced, desperate and dark. A grown-up, much less optimistic version of The Stand.
Kind of a silly premise, but still entertaining and engaging in typical Stephen King fashion.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was my very first Stephen King book, but it wasn't a good one to start with.
It was the October book pick for my bookclub. (Horror month, yay!)
Didn't really enjoy the start, it felt pointlessly gruesome for shock value and I struggled caring what happens to the characters because you don't know/care for any of them yet. However, I enjoyed the premise of the pulse turning everyone into a crazed killer, and them slowly evolving, but they're basically zombies and zombies are my most hated horror trope. I think my entire mood for this book was just.. indifference. I didn't hate it, but I didn't care for any of it either. I was just bored.
If it hadn't been a bookclub pick I would've probably have DNF'd it.
It was the October book pick for my bookclub. (Horror month, yay!)
Didn't really enjoy the start, it felt pointlessly gruesome for shock value and I struggled caring what happens to the characters because you don't know/care for any of them yet. However, I enjoyed the premise of the pulse turning everyone into a crazed killer, and them slowly evolving, but they're basically zombies and zombies are my most hated horror trope. I think my entire mood for this book was just.. indifference. I didn't hate it, but I didn't care for any of it either. I was just bored.
If it hadn't been a bookclub pick I would've probably have DNF'd it.
