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===All the books=== The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity for my book shelf. Finally I’ve been getting the time to get through the huge pile of stuff that has slowly and surely built... more

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  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 ryanando

    Member since 22/09/2005

    Reviews written: 179

    3 Stars Phones from Hell 29/04/2013

    Advantages Advantages some interesting and new ideas

    Disadvantages Disadvantages the ideas arent fully formed. the ending isn't all that great. lots of unanswered questions

    All the books The last few weeks have been a flurry of activity for my book shelf. Finally I’ve been getting the time to get through the huge pile of stuff that has slowly and surely built up. I’ve cleared most of the books that I deemed to be quick reads and decided to start picking up the thicker, bigger books. This excites me to no end. If you don’t love a good book then I don’t know what to say to you. The next book that jumped out at me from my list of unread books was Stephen Kings’ “Cell” The King No, Elvis did not write this book. Stephen King did and he is widely revered as the King ... more
  • 130 of 130 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 Soho_Black

    Member since 30/08/2002

    Reviews written: 575

    3 Stars Who You Gonna Call? 05/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A standard, non "Dark Tower" novel from Stephen King

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very little that is truly original

    Ever since the publication of 2002's "From a Buick 8", Stephen King's focus has been on finishing his "Dark Tower" series. There has been the odd side trip, into non fiction for "Faithful", his review of the 2004 Boston Red Sox season and the more recent "The Colorado Kid", which was really little more than a short story and not being in King's usual horror style. Not being a great fan of "The Dark Tower", it was with great anticipation I awaited the publication of "Cell", which promised to be a return to King's strengths and, hopefully, the kind of invention and story telling that first made ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    oldchem

    3 Stars Cell from Hell Review with images 08/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Story, entertaining, quick read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Disappointing ending, not as descriptive as other King novels

    CELL STEPHEN KING I have come to the decision that Stephen King doesn't care much for modern technology-or the people who've created much of what we now rely on for everything in life day to day. In some of his other books, King has created worlds where Man-made viruses wipe out more than 99% of the world's population leaving the survivors facing a battle of biblical proportions. Cars inhabited by evil spirits kill people, or all the cars come alive and take over the world. Machinery devours not only the souls of the workers, but their bodies (or parts of them anyhow) as well. I think maybe he ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Shortsharpshock

    3 Stars My kids are phone zombies already! 07/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Unique take on the zombie genre, has a fear factor.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Poor logic to plot, suspect characters, no passion in writing.

    It is supposed to be Clay Riddell's day. A lucrative contract the type he has always dreamed of has finally come his way. However, when "The Pulse" hits all that he knows changes forever. He watches helplessly as a young girl tear out the throat of a businesswoman and her friend runs repeatedly into a lamppost. The whole of Boston has been taken over by madness and violence as men, women and children behave like savages. In the ensuing carnage Clay saves a man from the irrepressible onslaught of one of these lunatics. Together they begin to discover that only people left unaffected seem to be ... more
  • 41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Kes30

    3 Stars When good mobiles turn bad! 01/06/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Decent idea, it's written by King

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not his best work

    It seems an age since King produced a new novel and so when I came across this in Tesco it took me quite some time to convince myself to wait for the paperback and save money (I have to justify these things to children who seem to believe mother's who claim lack of money have absolutely no right to new books, especially in hardback!). So I forced myself to wait, resigned to hearing conflicting opinions and badly offered synopses until I could purchase the paperback. UNTIL! A couple of weeks ago, my lovely boyfriend came down, bearing the hardback as a gift :-) So.... of course, in my customary ... more

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Product Details

Type Fiction
Genre Horror
Title Cell
Author Stephen King
ISBN 0340921447; 0340921455; 0340921536; 0739464337; 1416534814; 8401335981; 9506440948

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