Cell, 2006
Please vote for Cell using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never read
Bracket #11: Cell (2006)
Cell, 2006
Please vote for Cell using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a good strong 4, and could even be a 5 minus if the first quarter or so wasn't so excruciatingly boring
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5, one of my favorite newer ones. Zombies for the win!
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
That would make it a 3 minus for me. *sigh* So odd, so odd -- you and I agree greatly about what SK does best, why can't we agree on any example of his worst?Originally Posted by Jean
this is really very interesting. Logically, what we both find the best appeals to what we have in common, while those other books have to do mainly with our differences.
thought we agreed on W&G, though?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A solid 4.
Ah yes, so we did, more or less.
For the rest, I guess you're right, and it's great that, therefore, we still (even after so long) should have some very interesting discussion yet to come.
er... still? I thought we were only warming up?..
(seriously, I know how lazy I've been recently - very busy elsewhere, which is not a valid excuse. Now my recent problems are slowly developing into an every-day routine, which must enable me to free some time for what bears love so mudh)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 from me.
I thought it was interesting that when I bought this book, I had a cell phone that looked almost exactly like the one on the cover.
Minus the cracked screen with blood pouring out of it of course...
5, loved it. This book had one of the best openings.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
4...I liked the main character and enjoyed the zombies. I thought it was one of the better endings by SK and the opening was great but it got a 4 because of some of the dragged out parts in between. Cell could have been shorter and just as good or maybe better.
"Head Clear. Mouth shut. See Much. Say little." Roland Deschain
"Go your way, I'll take the long way 'round. Ill find my own way down, as I should." Ben Howard
Hmmmm, 3 or 4? 3 or 4?
Maybe 3 because the first half or so was really good and the second half...was not. Plus it seemed a bit derivative.
But maybe 4 b/c it kicked off with a bang and zombies are always cool. Plus, King really knows how to bring you into his story-world.
Went with the 4.
Hey, I read this one!
Well, you have a point, but it was kinda "creepy"!! Nevertheless, I see what you mean!!!Hey, I read this one!
God Bless you, for reading this one!!!! You're getting there my friend!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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is there anyone around who, like bears, liked the second half more than the first?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4
sk
Never read, but I do have it. It sounds like a bit of an easy read, if anything. I'll try and remember to read it soon. (After Desperation, at least, anyway.)
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
I liked the second half better....but then with apocalyptic novels, I am always more interested in the post-apocalyptic society that with the apocalypse itself. The disaster, whether it be a vampiritic virus, pandemic plague, or apocalyptic asteroid is only a literary means to an end. (pun intended)
Sloth Love Chunk
perfectly stated! bears like
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew we shared this Jean. I suspect that you liked the second half of The Stand better too, after you get past the global annihalation you can settle in for some interesting material.
Sloth Love Chunk
I got to think about this. I remember loving the Stand from the first page - wait, I think I know. It's because in The Stand, from the very start, he - as is his forte - operates with destinies rather than with events even when describing the catastrophe itself.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but it is not until those destinies intersect that we see The Stand is --I got to think about this. I remember loving the Stand from the first page - wait, I think I know. It's because in The Stand, from the very start, he - as is his forte - operates with destinies rather than with events even when describing the catastrophe itself.
... Cell, not so much.
Certainly. Or, theoretically, a second part could have made it longer and better... but it would have to have been a pretty amazing Book Two!
Often. And I can buy that as reason to lift the books where he does to 3. Speaking of SK-style storytelling, I also like the ambiguous ending of Cell. But regardless, I really can't buy zombie action as reason to go above 3. Still only so-so for me.
Anyway, another possibly noteworthy viewpoint -- if The Colorado Kid's publication had an ulterior message for me, ("Stephen King is not retired!") then this book was the one that really said "The Crimson King ain't retired either!"
Plus one more perception I must confess, to do with perspective as a collector: It seems like every bookstore I have visited for the last couple of years has two or three copies of this novel, even if they have no other SK items. And I already have an extra that was given to me which I don't know what to do with. This builds up a maybe unfair gag reflex when I regard it. Maybe unfair. I don't know why it is that this one is so easy to find.
I have this anecdote of plainer circumstances applying the principle I'm trying to describe -- One time, I was watching TV with a friend and the movie Armageddon came on. He's all, "How about this? You like it?" and I'm like "Not really." So then he wanted to know why not, and I didn't want to get into it; I just say, "Well, I've just seen it before with different friends too many times." Then he says, "That just means that it's good."
Oh, if only that were true!
last chance to vote! the poll is closing!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was going to say I didn't like the second part because it reminded me too much of the Stand, but then I read this, and thought actually this is more apt. If the second half had been longer and possibley more of its own book I would have loved it.Certainly. Or, theoretically, a second part could have made it longer and better... but it would have to have been a pretty amazing Book Two!
What a lot of people hated, (family etc) and which has not been mentioned yet, was the end. I actually quite liked it, it made me think instead of being spoon fed. However, my dad actually threw the book across the room in a fit of pique!!!!
The very end was perfect. I don't understand why alot of people were upset by it.Spoiler:
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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