Stephen King

Cell

Mayhem and violence are unleashed around the world when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into savage, unthinking, homicidal maniacs, and only a small band of "normies" who somehow avoided the technological attack can stop the rampage. Reprint.

A Novel

Traci Wilbanks

Whenever I haven't read a Stephen King book in awhile, my love for him seems less tangible and harder to articulate. I remember that some of his stories are the greatest books I've ever read, but the intense impact of his characters and stories fade over time. I read "Under the Dome" and "Cell" back to back. Both of these stories reaffirmed for me that King is an amazing storyteller; he is the Mark Twain of our time. He crafts his characters carefully, fully fleshing them out with their actions, words, and the subtleties of their non-verbal communication. 

In an interview, King said that he likes putting ordinary people in extraordinary situations. His characters are real people not some fantasy version of a human. You feel that connection with his characters because his narrative puts you in the action. You are experiencing what the characters are feeling - their anxiousness, their emptiness, their joy, their confusion. 

"Cell" was very reminiscent of other King books in which a group of strangers comes together under extraordinary circumstances; the use of current technology makes these circumstances even more frightening. You might think that the bringing strangers together thing is a formulaic crutch of a tired writer, but King does it with masterful skill. You are glad he brought them together. They needed to be together; it just makes sense. You cheer for these characters despite their flaws. Without even noticing it, King has woven a great story and shown you the best (and worst) humanity has to offer.

The event which propels civilization into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will be infected.

Clayton Riddell, a young artist, knows he has to reach his son before the young boy switches on his phone. And time is running out ...
--back cover

Emma Mullen

I felt like this was different to a lot of other Stephen King books that I have read. Something about the style felt very like Cujo. It was a good read that had me glued to it from the first chapter.

"The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls would be infected. Clayton Riddell, a young artist, knows he has to reach his son before the young boy switches on his phone. And time is running out." - back cover.

Sian Wadey

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           Cell by Stephen King

This in time will become a classic King novel, and is socially appropriate. Those affected are so because of the use of their mobile phones, hence the title. It's a good story, with characters that you care about. My only criticism is the ending, as usual, King doesn't wrap up all the loose ends, leaving things open for the reader to make their own minds up. After spending such a long time invested in a novel, I would like it to all be resolved.

Amy Maddess

I really love Stephen King, and was recommended this one by my Father. I was drawn in by the premise and the return of his fast-paced writing style that I haven't seen for a while. Maybe it was because I recently read It, which took me a while to get through, but something about this book fell flat and was almost draining. The characters only seemed to reach their full depth and potential every now and then throughout the novel, and Clay was the one I truly connected with because he seemed so disturbed about finding his son. Other than that, Alice, Tom and Jordan didn't have much depth to them, and I was shocked to find that Alice was fifteen after she passed away. This is a little incoherent but yeah essentially the pace wasn't for me. I will be picking up another King book in the future however, and still think of him as the greatest.

Kerri McDonald

This book would be so much better if the ending wasn't so frustrating!

Jemima Scott

Un misterioso impulso irradiato dall'apparecchio distrugge il loro cervello e azzera la mente, la personalità, migliaia di anni di evoluzione. Purtroppo è solo l'inizio...

Cell (versione italiana)

Giulia 🪻

Jessica

Ben Brears 

You can run. You can hide. Just don't pick up . . . The event which propels civilisation into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will be infected. Clayton Riddell, an artist and young father, knows he has to reach his son before the boy switches on his phone. But time is running out . . .

Halloween Edition

Dana

Lucre

anjali

Barış Yarsel

Evan

A. D. Knapp

Amna A.

maitha mana

Jon Eckert

THERE'S A REASON CELL RHYMES WITH HELL.

On October 1, God is in His heaven, the stock market stands at 10,140, most of the planes are on time, and Clayton Riddell, an artist from Maine, is almost bouncing up Boylston Street in Boston. He's just landed a comic book deal that might finally enable him to support his family by making art instead of teaching it. He's already picked up a small (but expensive!) gift for his long-suffering wife, and he knows just what he'll get for his boy Johnny. Why not a little treat for himself? Clay's feeling good about the future.

That changes in a hurry. The cause of the devastation is a phenomenon that will come to be known as The Pulse, and the delivery method is a cell phone. Everyone's cell phone. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization's darkest age, surrounded by chaos, carnage, and a human horde that has been reduced to its basest nature. . .and then begins to evolve.

There's really no escaping this nightmare. But for Clay, an arrow points home to Maine, and as he and his fellow refugees make their harrowing journey north they begin to see crude signs confirming their direction: KASHWAK=NO-FO. A promise, perhaps. Or a threat . . .

There are one hundred and ninety-three million cell phones in the United States alone. Who doesn't have one? Stephen King's utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn't just ask the question "Can you hear me now?" It answers it with a vengeance.

Cell

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