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Title: Cell does not sell me.
Review: Although the novel begins on a strong, and typical King, note, it loses its tune as the plot progresses. The ending is anticlimatic after all the build up. And there are many unanswered questions, unlike The Stand, which had a similar apocalyptic plot. Who sent the pulse? Does the cell work on Johnny-Gee? King has a tremendous talent for creating real people and circumstances, which makes his horror elements so scary. Yet, there are characters we get to know very well in this novel that are lost to us without any explaination. I am a King fan, and wanted to love this latest work, but was left disappointed in the end.
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