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Book Review of Cell

Cell
Cell
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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Not his best but far above the recent duds like Rose Red and Kingdom Hospital. There is a virus which is transmitted through cell phones that causes people to become homicidal maniacs. The majority of the population become mindless killing machines (rather like zombies) and the rest have to try and stay alive. A small group sets off on a trek to try to reach a survivors camp. They end up waylaid at a boarding school in New England and find that the "zombies" are getting smarter and seem to have a hive behavior. They plan to trap a large group and kill them but things don't go as smoothly as planned. I'd give this one a solid 7 out of 10. This is kind of like The Stand crossed with Night of the Living Dead.