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for Cell - Stephen King

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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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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: 180

    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
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    markd_uk

    5 Stars Is Your Number Up? 08/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Exciting, gripping, a welcome return to mainstream horror from King

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None, except for the ending. Frustrating as hell.

    Probably one of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, if not the decade, I can't deny the tingle of excitement that ran through my spine when I heard that Stephen King's latest novel, 'Cell', was finally going to be one of his more traditional works and not something from the Dark Tower series. Amazon's new online channel, Fishbowl, featured an interview with King in its pilot broadcast where the author was clearly excited about his new project and the media eagerly lapped up all the promotion as the Master of Horror finally returned to what he does best. It's true to say that over the ... more
  • 38 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Angelus

    3 Stars Stand Lite 15/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Has a 'What If' feel about it

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nothing new

    In literature you'll find that some people are fan-boys for authors, the type of people who even if their favourite author has lost their way and churned out some total dross recently, they'll still buy all the books that author writes, and in many cases they'll buy the hard-back copy rather than waiting for the paperback release, and when it comes to Stephen King - that's me. His recent Dark Tower series in my eyes at least has left a lot to be desired compared to his previous writings, the classic tales of the 70's, 80's and 90's that made him the household name he is now. On reading pre ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Pyrokeet

    3 Stars Cell. 13/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a new stephen king book!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages seems slightly rushed

    This is my first book review so please bear with me and let me know how to improve it! Cell, Stephen King's latest venture - out now in hard back copy, immediately tells us the central theme of the book by its title and the images on the front cover - cellphones. This is slightly unusual for King to choose such a short, descriptive title, but this is about the only break from King's normal style that we see. The plot of this story is (as outlined on the intro page and the first page proper, so no plot spoilers here!) an apocalyptic one. In less than a month, civilisation as we know it (or more ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bonsi6337

    4 Stars The King warning on cell phones! 30/12/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages For King fans, it's another book by the master of horror and suspense

    Disadvantages Disadvantages If you are not a King fan, then its another book by King!

    Yes folks - I am back! After a short absence (and the fact that I am still not getting any alerts) I am back with a vengeance! As an ardent Stephen King fan, you could say I was slightly chuffed to find that Santa had been kind enough to leave a couple of King books under my christmas tree this year! Needless to say, as soon as the kids were in bed, I was snuggled up on the chair and the book was open. And so on to the review ... Synopsis ********** Clayton Riddell is a happy man. He is an artist and is on his way "home" after having a meeting that has assured him a regular income for his ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    OddGodHMK

    4 Stars Good, but perhaps not great 23/02/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastic read, involving storyline and characters, long

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some formatting errors, not horrifying at all, inconclusive ending

    After deciding that I really needed to read more sometime near the end of last year, I picked up a copy of MISERY, also by Stephen King. I fell in love with the man's style of writing and ability to have you clutch the book so strong your knuckles turn white. So when it came time to pick out some stuff I wanted for Christmas, and having read about the premise behind CELL, I decided that this was one of his books to try. The Story CELL opens in a very quick and to-the-point way: the main action in the book has started within the first 15 pages, so there's no dawdling. The book follows Clayton ... more
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