Usually, Stephen King’s books have slow beginnings. In Cell, we are thrown into action right from the first pages – the world as we know it fall into Usually, Stephen King’s books have slow beginnings. In Cell, we are thrown into action right from the first pages – the world as we know it fall into chaos. This strong beginning give way to a dangerous journey staging Clay looking for his son. This book highlights the atrocities of humankind and what men have to do when they have to survive. I like how Stephen King narrates without sugar-coating things; he displays a criticism of society with no filters.
I won’t praise the characters of the book as Stephen King’s characters are usually too generic, the main characters of his books all look and act the same – they could all be the same person that has lived throughout the hundreds stories King has written. Nevertheless, I want to underscore that some characters such as Tom and Alice are particularly attaching and likeable. However, King deserves his title has master of horror, because he can chill your blood through his words. His storytelling is so enthralling that you cannot not be swept into the story and feel a thousand feelings: here terror (especially as I read it before going to bed) and sadness.
I often have troubles with Stephen King’s endings, I find them long and underwhelming – it’s mostly because I don’t like open endings, especially in books where I expect clear explanations. It’s a good book for those who don’t care about that, but I unfortunately don’t like to feel like I was left on abeyance. But I will always praise King for how well he tells his stories. ...more
**spoiler alert** I liked it very much. I would not have if I was not aware the twist was going to be supernatural. When I read thrillers, I always ex**spoiler alert** I liked it very much. I would not have if I was not aware the twist was going to be supernatural. When I read thrillers, I always expect a huge plot twist you don't see coming where everything makes brilliantly sense in the end, and I feel it is too easy when the author resolves the plot with a supernatural being. But as Stephen King is known for his ways to mix reality with legends, and some youtuber warned it was supernatural, I wasn't waiting for a Mr Mercedes kind of book (which I loved!).
First of all, the premise was super intriguing. The book itself was super addictive. Everytime I picked it up, I couldn't put it down until three hours later. As it is a long book and Stephen King's works happen to be kinda slow, I was expecting to be bored from time to time but no! It is fast paced and truly, a page turner. There are always new elements turning the story upside down making the reader begging for more. The characters were good, typical Stephen King's characters, it is always the same pattern. Maybe I should have read the Mr Mercedes trilogy before starting this.....more
**Warning: this text may contain spoilers** Consequentialism or deontology? That's the first thing I thought about when I read the end. Sacrifice in ord**Warning: this text may contain spoilers** Consequentialism or deontology? That's the first thing I thought about when I read the end. Sacrifice in order to save, or let things be?
I love Stephen King and I haven't read one of his book and *loved* it for a long time, therefore I am so happy to have tried this one. It is true that the plot is not that original but King succeeded in making it very interesting for he never shy away from depicting horrible scenes (cuz hurting children is kinda horrible). Moreover, it was neither fast nor slow paced, it was well balanced thanks to the "under chapters" being short parts, making the narrative alive and not boring. The story felt so long but yet short, surely because you cannot stop reading and see yourself reading until 2 AM. However, the characters were kinda flat in my opinion, because there is no grey, only black and white characters. The "bad guys" could have been grey if they insisted on how they didn't want to do these horribles things but were doing it to save more people. But they took pleasure in doing it so no morally grey people here. The children were endearing.
I have to point that his main male characters are always the same (here, Tim), same morals, same actions, same everything.
Soooo... it didn't feel like Stephen King at all and I didn't find this strange vibe of mystery and spooky I usually feel whilst reading a story set iSoooo... it didn't feel like Stephen King at all and I didn't find this strange vibe of mystery and spooky I usually feel whilst reading a story set in Castle Rock. I probably didn't catch the meaning of the story, what Steph wanted to tell. However, the characters were really appealing which is quite an uncommon thing in King's novels in my opinion (expect for IT)....more
I looooved it. It was full of tension and dread. I liked how the whole story was not about who the killer is like in the majority of thrillers, but thI looooved it. It was full of tension and dread. I liked how the whole story was not about who the killer is like in the majority of thrillers, but the parallelism between the hunter and the hunted and how the two main characters play both roles....more
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