Book Review || CELL by Stephen King
Dear Netizens,
Yesterday night, I stayed up quite late to finish a novel I have been enjoying the past couple days. I had fun reading Cell by Stephen King, hence, I have got a lot of opinions to express along.
Clayton Riddell is a comic artist hoping to have his big hit with his latest work, unfortunately, the Pulse hits the world before he could. In his journey of survival, Clay, meets a couple stranger who would become his friends for the long journey to find his son.
Cell is a zombie novel, that wants to tackle various topics in only 400+ pages. These themes ranged from fatherhood, programming, Zombies, humanity, Herd Mentality, and Friendship. I have enjoyed all the aspect of the book, but they barely scrapped the surface for most part.
'At bottom, you see, we are not Homo sapiens at all. Our core is madness. The prime directive is murder. What Darwin was too polite to say,my friend, is that we came to rule the Earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.'
I love all the characters, or more specifically the main squad who journeyed together. I was rooting for them through out the book, hoping the best for them. I love the friendship expressed between Tom and Clay, although they only met during the Pulse, but you can see how much they cared about each other. Moreover, Clay cared about Jordan as if he was his son, and I thought that was also a nice touch.
Clay fighting to see his son to the very end was nice and emotional. I appreciated reading about a father who would do anything to see his son one last time.
'If he was too late to get Johny, he might not be too late to see him and tell him he's tried.'
I loved reading this book, but then it doesn't have an ending.
One more line could've sufficed. I am disappointed, because I love the characters and I was invested in them through out the course of the book. I enjoyed the whole premise of this book, and I was ready to give CELL 5 stars, but man, the ending is inexcusable.
3/5 stars
Yesterday night, I stayed up quite late to finish a novel I have been enjoying the past couple days. I had fun reading Cell by Stephen King, hence, I have got a lot of opinions to express along.
Clayton Riddell is a comic artist hoping to have his big hit with his latest work, unfortunately, the Pulse hits the world before he could. In his journey of survival, Clay, meets a couple stranger who would become his friends for the long journey to find his son.
Cell is a zombie novel, that wants to tackle various topics in only 400+ pages. These themes ranged from fatherhood, programming, Zombies, humanity, Herd Mentality, and Friendship. I have enjoyed all the aspect of the book, but they barely scrapped the surface for most part.
'At bottom, you see, we are not Homo sapiens at all. Our core is madness. The prime directive is murder. What Darwin was too polite to say,my friend, is that we came to rule the Earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.'
I love all the characters, or more specifically the main squad who journeyed together. I was rooting for them through out the book, hoping the best for them. I love the friendship expressed between Tom and Clay, although they only met during the Pulse, but you can see how much they cared about each other. Moreover, Clay cared about Jordan as if he was his son, and I thought that was also a nice touch.
Clay fighting to see his son to the very end was nice and emotional. I appreciated reading about a father who would do anything to see his son one last time.
'If he was too late to get Johny, he might not be too late to see him and tell him he's tried.'
I loved reading this book, but then it doesn't have an ending.
One more line could've sufficed. I am disappointed, because I love the characters and I was invested in them through out the course of the book. I enjoyed the whole premise of this book, and I was ready to give CELL 5 stars, but man, the ending is inexcusable.
3/5 stars
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