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Rating from Kes30 3 Stars ()

Advantages Decent idea, it's written by King

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 way I didn't sleep until I had read the thing cover to cover (I'm a quick reader thankfully), solely of course in order to offer my humble opinion to you, the wonderful people of Ciao!

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* THE AUTHOR *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*


STEPHEN KING is the undisputed master of the horror genre, with many of his works having been adapted for the Silver Screen. King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947 and many, if not all of his novels are centered around this area of America (write about what you know works for him obviously). He graduated in 1970 with a BA in English from Maine University, where he also wrote a weekly column for the Uni rag: 'THE MAINE CAMPUS'.

Stephen King sold his first short story - 'The Glass Floor' to the magazine 'Startling Mystery Stories' in 1967 and throughout his University years and beyond, working as a teacher by day and writing by night, King supplemented his income with the sale of many more short stories, most of which can now be found in anthologies such as 'Night Shift', 'Skeleton Crew' & 'Different Seasons'.

In 1973 King's first novel 'CARRIE' was accepted by publishers Doubleday & Co and in the months following King was told by his new editor that he had the means to give up teaching for a living and write full time. The novel 'SALEM'S LOT' followed soon after, then 'THE SHINING', 'THE STAND' & 'THE DEAD ZONE'. All of these novels, along with others, have become movies.*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* THE PLOT *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*


Clayton Riddell, a young artist who creates illustrations is having a great day. On a business trip to Boston, he has just sold some of his best work which means that he can stop struggling and what's more, tell Sharon, his estranged wife, that his 'hobby' has begun to pay off, reinforcing his point with an expensive paperweight from an exclusive shop called 'small treasures'.

But as Clay is walking back to his hotel, he begins to notice strange happenings…. Surely that really can't have been a human scream from the park? Not with such terror and pain in the scream? For it's the middle of the day and these things don't happen in the day…. Surely he was mistaken when he thought he saw a man bite a dog, ripping the animals ears from it's head with his bare teeth?

But it soon becomes clear that the world has gone mad when Clay witnesses a young girl, only minutes before giggling with her teenage pal over her mobile phone, rip out the jugular of a woman with her teeth at the ice cream van he happens to be passing…

As Clay struggles to overcome his shock at the bloody scene before him, the world suddenly begins to go mad - cars crash into walls or swerve to hit pedestrians - others pass him intent on violence or suicide - one man joins him who also seems sane - Tom - they are both attacked and manage to overcome a madman, they call over a policeman who asks them odd questions and shoots their attacker, informing Clay and Tom that they are trying to put as many of 'them' out of their misery as possible….

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  • law3 09/02/2008 23:15
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  • ellie102 12/04/2007 01:54

    I must say that you got The cell down to a tee, It was a great story but i also felt there were a few unexplained points. Very good review, explained thoroughly.

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    Sounds a little disappointing, then. Maybe I'll just get it out of the library some time instead of paying for it!

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