Cell - Stephen King Reviews

One of the riders that accompany this book is that Stephen King doesn't own a cell (mobile, in real English) 'phone. Having read this book (and, bought the hardback version) I can see why. But having already done a review of the Motorola V9, it's probably a tad too late for me. I doubt if anyone does the dystopian, apocalyptic scenario ...  Read the complete review

Fans of classic horror lured by promises of an end-of-the world survivor vs monster clash, assured that they will not use their mobile for days and cries of "Genius storytelling"* will instead be dissappointed with Kings railroad and, quite frankly, boring tale of a phone-related apocalypse. Indeed the only Kingesque feel to the book is ...  Read the complete review

*This review contains traces of spoilers* [Like nuts] Stephen King needs no introduction. One of my favourite writers of all time and possibly one of the only writers whose books I indulge in that can make my flesh crawl and want to sleep with the light on all night after reading his work. 'Cell'is just as gripping as most of ...  Read the complete review

How much do you use your cell phone? After reading this book you might not use it much anymore! A rather good book written in a classic style. Parts of it, a trip across the US are reminiscent of The Stand. PLOT A graphic designer is having a good day. He has just sold a new graphic novel, when almost without ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend who said it was "fantastic old style Stephen King" and not to be missed. I couldn't resist with such high praise! Thankfully I picked up a copy on ebay for a few pennies plus p&p. The general story is cell phones are being used to control the population and what ...  Read the complete review

I can't see why this book keeps getting poor ratings by everyone, I absolutely loved it and I have read many of Stephen Kings' books. This is my 2nd most favourite book I have read written by King. Maybe it has poor ratings because it's slightly different to his older books, but I thought it was a great read. It's almost a sort of ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I have read this book three times over since buying it one month ago, I have never read a Stephan King before and I must say, I totally under his spell throughout the whole of this novel. Starting off with meeting young Clay, just sold his first set of comic books to a large company, he is treating his wife to a present. Stopping ...  Read the complete review

This was the first Stephen King book that I've read in ages, possibly because it was the first new one my library got in for a while, but also because I've gradually gone off the whole horror genre thing over the last few years. I don't mind the goreyness when it goes along with a decent storyline, for example in Everville by Clive Barker, where ...  Read the complete review

It’s been a while since I’d read any Stephen King. A growing disenchantment with his meandering writing style had cut the invisible writer-reader relationship we’d established many years ago when King used to write horror/fantasy corkers like “it” and “The Shining”. So it was with a little consternation and surprise that I was given “Cell” as a ...  Read the complete review

It took me ages to get round to reading this and ages to get through it. This was not because it was a bad book and in fact if time had allowed me to I would have opened it in the morning and not closed it until my eyes shut at night. That’s how much I enjoyed it in fact and although a lot of Stephen King fans have enjoyed this it does not seem to ...  Read the complete review

Not only is this the worst Stephen King book I have ever read, but it is the worst book out of all the books I have ever read. I absolutely love Stephen King books, but this one was just horrible. I have read 15+ books by him and I've liked every single one except for Cell. It is by far the worst book he's ever written in my opinion. I was ...  Read the complete review

Although the other reviews on here have given this a bit of a raw deal i feel,this book to me is King back where he belongs-on top. Yes it is a little similar in its apocalyptic style to the stand,but it brings I feel modern revelance to a plot-line that has been used time and again from Day of the triffids by john wyndham,to blood crazy by ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review