Cell - Stephen King

I'd stopped reading Stephen King books 'cos they freaked me out too much, but my Mom didn't know & brought me his latest novel, 'Cell'. Well, I had to read it then! Cell was published in 2006, by the infamous American horror writer, Stephen King. Stephen King has written a vast ammount of books, including The Stand,Night Shift & many of his books - Misery, The Shining, Carrie, have been turned into films. Plot: The artist Clay Riddell is in Boston on buisness, when all of a sudden, the city erupts into chaos - people kill other people in the streets, jump out of buildings and generally go berserk. Clay quickly realises that this behaviour is due to ...  Read the complete review

Yes folks - I am back! After a short absence 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 comic book characters. But all of that initial euphoria is about to change and not for the ...  Read the complete review

Stephen King is a somewhat prolific writer and has penned around 50 novels, as well as short stories, 'series' and even books under a different name. His first published novel was Carrie - 1974, shortly followed by 'Salem's Lot - 1975, then the seminal 'The Shining' - 1977. There have been some great books since including, The Stand - 1978, The Dead Zone - 1979. Then he seemed to, in my opinion lose his way a bit until Misery - 1987, which was an absolute classic, and no doubt drew on his own experiences of being in a horrific road accident. I have to say I did not read much of his stuff again until Needful Things - 1991 and I found his writing style, by then, had ...  Read the complete review

At the risk of sounding like Annie in Stephen King's book, "Misery", I'm at least one of his best fans, (though not his number one fan). After a somewhat dry period I am now catching up on his latest works. I've just finished reading Cell and I've got a copy of Lisey's story waiting to read. Now King has written an awful lot of books and I feel privileged to have read nearly all of them. I discovered his books in my late teens and I've read all except the full "Dark Tower" series. Somehow I just couldn't get into this in the same way as his novels. So I regard myself as somewhat of an expert when it comes to his books. After reading ...  Read the complete review

It was only a matter of time before Stephen King turned his attention to one of the blessings and curses and of modern life: the humble mobile phone. In Cell, a virus sent down the phone turns anyone who using it at the time into a zombie. The book follows the survival efforts of a small, unaffected group. I always feel that King is at his best when he bases his stories essentially in the real world and gives them a savage twist towards darkness. “It” is one of my favourite King books, along with The Stand. And it’s The Stand that Cell is most reminiscent of – the same post-apocalyptic nightmare fight to survive. Unlike his monster stories, this is something ...  Read the complete review