Stephen King's Cell

[bresamil (Premo)]

OMG.
I read it in less than 2 days. I am driving to Maine now to slap him silly. He leaves a little too much open for me. I want closure even if he has to make it up off the top of his head.
Just the same - great King work - leaves you short of breath every page.





And I'm never using my cell phone again.

[Pandora (Premo)]

You read an entire book in 2-days?

I'm ashamed to admit how long it takes me to read a book.

My girlfriend at work said it was really good also, but she wasn't finished with it. I bet she finished it over the weekend. She is one of you people.

[Sharon (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bresamil

OMG.
I read it in less than 2 days.

I wait for the paperback printings, so I'll add it to my list.

[Pete (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bresamil

OMG.
I read it in less than 2 days. I am driving to Maine now to slap him silly. He leaves a little too much open for me. I want closure even if he has to make it up off the top of his head.
Just the same - great King work - leaves you short of breath every page.





And I'm never using my cell phone again.

He isn't doing very well since he got ran over by a car. Be gentle or he might croak.

[morganj614]

Originally Posted by bresamil

OMG.
I read it in less than 2 days. I am driving to Maine now to slap him silly. He leaves a little too much open for me. I want closure even if he has to make it up off the top of his head.
Just the same - great King work - leaves you short of breath every page.
And I'm never using my cell phone again.

I stopped reading King a long time ago because to me he had gotten stale, repetitive and didn't scare me anymore.... So is this worth picking up and reading and will I be scared again?

[onebdzee (Premo)]

Originally Posted by morganj614

I stopped reading King a long time ago because to me he had gotten stale, repetitive and didn't scare me anymore.... So is this worth picking up and reading and will I be scared again?

I read it in about a week....I thought it was ok

Have to agree that he did go stale and this one is a little better

Don't go buy it....I have it in hard copy that you can have as soon as the 15 yr old is done....should be a couple of days

[Wenchy (Premo)]

Originally Posted by onebdzee

I read it in about a week....I thought it was ok

Have to agree that he did go stale and this one is a little better

Don't go buy it....I have it in hard copy that you can have as soon as the 15 yr old is done....should be a couple of days

Once I picked that baby up, it was finished in 4 hours.

I didn't like the Dark Tower stuff, and he had gone stale.

"Cell" is King at his twisted best.

[MysticalMom (Premo)]

I'm going to HAVE to get this one now. And right on time too. I am almost finished with my current read. Thanks.

Oh and I LOVED the Dark Tower. Except for the ending. The ending I could have strangled him for.

[donbarzini]

"Cell" disappointed me for two reasons. First, it seemed a re-hash of his short story "Star Wormwood". Second, he never did explain the source of the signal that caused it all. And as far as the ending to the Dark Tower, I loved it. Think Sysyphus rolling the rock up the hill only to have roll down the other side. Roland is gonna have to keep doing it until he gets it right. I don't think he will succeed until his entire "ka-tet" reaches the tower with him. I have a question for the die-hards. What book was it when you first picked up that he was tying everything from "both worlds"? For me it was a combination of "It" and the 3rd in the tower series when he mentions the turtle as a guardian of the beam.

[bresamil (Premo)]

Originally Posted by donbarzini

"Cell" disappointed me for two reasons. First, it seemed a re-hash of his short story "Star Wormwood". Second, he never did explain the source of the signal that caused it all. And as far as the ending to the Dark Tower, I loved it. Think Sysyphus rolling the rock up the hill only to have roll down the other side. Roland is gonna have to keep doing it until he gets it right. I don't think he will succeed until his entire "ka-tet" reaches the tower with him. I have a question for the die-hards. What book was it when you first picked up that he was tying everything from "both worlds"? For me it was a combination of "It" and the 3rd in the tower series when he mentions the turtle as a guardian of the beam.

I never read "Star Wormwood", but I've noticed not explaining is part of his story telling. If he leaves it open our imaginations may be far worse than anything he comes up with, and that's his intent. It just drives me nuts. His books don't always have a bad guy that you get rid of and everything is magically fixed. That's why I want him to lie to me if he has to, but give me closure. His was leads to paranoia and neuroses - a lot like Koontz, whose conspiracy theories have just enough truth to make you lose sleep.

Cell phone rang this morning. Didn't answer it.

And for me it was "The Stand".