Cell

[Tash]

Some novels are just hit and miss I think. Cell for me was a giant miss. The first half started off ok, but then the second really seemed to lose momentum. SK is such a prolific writer and has written some of the greatest books of his time - The Stand, The Talisman, 11/22/63. But Cell is just not one of them. He does have a history of taking objects from our lives and turning them against us, for example The Mangler and Trucks. Both fabulous short stories. And perhaps that's what Cell needed to be? A fab short story.
And I think both King and Cormac Macarthy write beyond anything any of us can ever aspire to.
The Road is greatness and one of the finest pieces of modern literature ever written, and that's not compared to Cell or anything else. It just is.

[Squire]

Cell was a miss for me as well, but I liked the ending. (I'm trying here, now.) (view spoiler)[

I don't think it really matters what happened when Johnny made his call at the end because King's point seemed to be that Mankind (and his thinking) needed to be rebooted, so it was the journey that what was important. King got Mankind to the point where it was ready to be rebooted (given a second chance) and that was sufficeint. Where we go from here is dependant upon us--hopefully we won't make the same mistakes over again.

I just didn't think that King illustrated enough of Man's failings to make Cell (and the journey of) exceptional in any way. (hide spoiler)]

It worked! (the spoiler tags, that is...)

[Sc]

Becky wrote: "I am not reading along, but I'll discuss... I think reading this one time was enough for me.

I was really disappointed by this one. It started out so well, and I was super excited, because if you..."

got what u meant. It was a kinda dissapointing work. no offense to anyone.

[Novia]

this is one of my favorit King's books.
I wish they make it into a movie

[Jeff]

Cell: There's a crap for that.

King's worst book by far, and I say that as someone who would give most of the King books I've read 3 to 5 stars. This book is an embarassment to phoning it in. *rimshot*

I checked it out of the library and still wanted my money back.

[Cheryl]

I wasn't too keen on this one.

I read 2/3 of it and set it aside out of boredom. I didn't finish it until about an year later.

Not a dreadful book, but far from King's best work.

[Terri]

Starting Cell soon. Wow, seeing a lot of mixed reviews on this one. Some love it, some hate it. I go with King because of his ability to tell a story and draw you in; hopefully that will be enough to keep me interested in it.

[E.]

Teresa I saw that with Lisey's Story. It was on the list of "least favorite" and had generally bad reviews. Joyland also. I ended up really liking them both.
I think it's because they don't have monsters or aren't typical "horror", and that's what people expect going into it. But you're right, King's writing is the thing that keeps me coming back to him.
I'll be picking up Cell soon, I hope you like it. Post back here and let us know.

[Terri]

Thanks for the input, E! I don't need to have horror when I read King now. I used to expect it 30 years ago, and it's the reason I strayed from him for about 20 years, he seemed to get away from it. But I reread The Stand over the summer, and I was reminded of just how awesome an author he is. I'm playing catch-up now :) His books make me feel like I've come home.

[CJ]

I know there have been a over abundance of zombie movies as of late.....But this is one of Sai King's books that I wish they would just get on and make into a movie!!....I love the way it's written...You can picture it all happening and for some reason John Cusack is the one I see playing the main character....Let the bashing begin....I didn't like it as a book but I think it would make a great movie!!

[Kandice]

CJ wrote: "I know there have been a over abundance of zombie movies as of late.....But this is one of Sai King's books that I wish they would just get on and make into a movie!!....I love the way it's written..."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/

[CJ]

Kandice wrote: "CJ wrote: "I know there have been a over abundance of zombie movies as of late.....But this is one of Sai King's books that I wish they would just get on and make into a movie!!....I love the way i..."

I know of that but there are also how many of Sai Kings books they have said they are going to make into movies that fall through....The Dark Tower and Ron Howard to be exact...lol

[Vykki]

I really loved this book and would love to see it made into a movie

[Terri]

Okay, got started and made it to Chapter 3. Looks like it's going to be a gory ride. Someone please tell me there's more to it than that. My husband said it reminded him a little of Desperation, which I thought was okay, but very gory. Not so much into the gore in my old age :) I'm hoping his story telling abilities are enough to keep me going.

[Checkman]

Teresa wrote: "Okay, got started and made it to Chapter 3. Looks like it's going to be a gory ride. Someone please tell me there's more to it than that. My husband said it reminded him a little of Desperation,..."

No there's a lot of gore and violence throughout the novel. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[Terri]

Checkman wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Okay, got started and made it to Chapter 3. Looks like it's going to be a gory ride. Someone please tell me there's more to it than that. My husband said it reminded him a little ..."

I've gotten a little further in, still not too bad and, as I had hoped, his writing has kept me hooked.

[Danielle]

I finished this recently. I enjoyed the pace, there were some parts that were really disturbing though.

[John]

I am roughly halfway through this at the moment and I have to say that it is arguably the weakest King novel I have read to date.

One thing I have always loved about King is that he makes me care about his characters. To be perfectly frank, if any of the three get mullered in the next chapter I genuinely wouldn't give a damn.

I really hope that it picks up in the 2nd half.

[Doreen]

I just started reading the during the last week and so far I'm loving it. Has so many twists and turns to keep me addicted to reading it to find out how it ends.

[Steve]

I really liked Cell

[Erin]

It's a good book. I tried watching the movie last night and it just didn't compare.

[Nancy]

Another movie that doesn't compare to the book. So annoying.

[Kandice]

I don't have any interest in the movie despite loving the actors because it feels like one that will look cheezy on film. I think King works because he paints such a perfect mental picture, but you just can't SEE it in reality or it falls apart.

[Nancy]

Yes, his books are always difficult to adapt to film. So much goes on inside your head that doesn't translate to the TV or film

[Doreen]

I just finished the book and loved. The way the book ended leaves room for a possible sequel I think. I agree about the movie. Was nothing like the book.

[Erin]

The movie kind of had me when it first started and I went into it already knowing most of the reviews on it were bad but it seemed to follow the book well enough but by the 30 minute mark it just fell apart. I agree that it is hard to adapt King's work into a movie or TV show.

[Ashley]

Just finished Cell, and I'm not sure what to think about it? It started off really strong, but the second half of the book got a bit slow and confusing, and that ending!

Potential Spoiler:

What frustrated me was what caused The Pulse was never explained, and neither was any of Jordan's theories being right or wrong.

[Marie]

I thought the book was pretty good though I wasn't expecting it to be about cell phone raving zombies, but I was able to get through the book pretty fast. One thing it did do was kept my attention to see what would happen next.