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Title: Phoney!
Review: This novel is not classic King. I will say it starts out fast like Desperation(which I loved) and has characters similar to The Stand(which I also loved). That being said, it has all too familiar characters. Almost every single character says the F word. That's not bad for a few characters, but almost all? Come on. This is so much like Dawn of the Dead where the people hole themselves up in a mall. He even says at the beginning of the book that it is dedicated to George Romero! And the premise? Give me a break. Cell phones wiping out your hard drive. Then re-booting? People turning into 'phone crazies' and 'phoners'? This book gets tiresome after the first onslaught. And the little kid seems a little too smart for his age. All said, it IS Stephen King, so it isn't terrible, just tired. It doesn't live up to the hype it was given last year.
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