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Title: Is this the party to whom I am speaking?
Review: I've been a fan of Stephen King's books since I read _The Shining_ in the late 70's, but I stopped reading them after _Misery_. It seemed to me as if King had begun believing his own press, and his story seemed to lose the old edge of his masterpieces like _The Shining_ and _The Stand_. I listened to _Cell_ as a book-on-CD with the same fascination I used to feel with his older books until, near the end, when the story no longer seemed even remotely plausible and I realized that _Cell_ was just another shaggy dog story. If you like episodic tales that don't really go anywhere, _Cell_ may be to your liking, and it did cause me to think about just how pervasive cell phone technology has become. But in the end, it was just another long drawn-out story, and it'll probably be a long time before I feel drawn to read another of his books.
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