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Old 04-16-2008, 12:38 AM   #1
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for anyone that has read the book i have a few questions:

did you like the ending?

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how did clay not get blasted by the phoner signal if he calls the bomb in the bus? i never understood that part



and what was you favorite part?

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Old 04-16-2008, 12:42 AM   #2
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I read this almost 2 years ago, so I don't remember it that well..

Did he put his ear to the phone?

My favorite part was the entire opening. From the beginning to around when they go into the hotel. The initial outbreak was written very well.

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Old 04-16-2008, 12:46 AM   #3
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he didnt put the phone to his ear, but pixie light (who was listening i guess) still got a shot of it, and screwed her up.

the beginning was very good, every stephen king book (in my opinion) takes a while to kick in. this one only took 7 pages. the first time i read it i didnt see anyone on the streets for probably 6 hours. it was creepy. this is the 5th time ive read it. im done now.

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he didnt put the phone to his ear, but pixie light (who was listening i guess) still got a shot of it, and screwed her up.

the beginning was very good, every stephen king book (in my opinion) takes a while to kick in. this one only took 7 pages. the first time i read it i didnt see anyone on the streets for probably 6 hours. it was creepy. this is the 5th time ive read it. im done now.

But wasn't pixie light listening in as her friend talked on it?

I think it's a distance thing. Like I said I don't remember the ending very much.

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Old 04-16-2008, 01:07 AM   #5
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ya she was. i dont know. lets just say clay used a stick to call with the phone.

i read eli roth wants to make this a movie. i would pay for that. if he doesnt make it when i am a director i definitely will make it.

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Old 04-16-2008, 03:00 AM   #6
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Overrated trash.

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Old 04-16-2008, 04:10 AM   #7
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I thought it was alright. I do love King books, but I felt this one fell apart towards the end - but I do find that with a lot of King books.

Zero Vault, it's obvious to me that you have a great passionate love for king after the thread I read yesterday.

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Old 04-16-2008, 04:27 AM   #8
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Ever since I read that book, when I see someone on the phone I think "Can I take him if he goes Zombie?" and if I can't I plan my escape route. This book scarred me

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Lol.

Honestly, it scared you?

Oh wait, nvm, it's scarred, not scared.

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yeah it wasn't scary, but, it left scars on my psyche

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Zombies that can fly.

Imagine that.

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Old 04-16-2008, 06:14 AM   #12
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for anyone that has read the book i have a few questions:

did you like the ending?

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how did clay not get blasted by the phoner signal if he calls the bomb in the bus? i never understood that part



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I give it a B-. It wasn't the very end that bothered me as much as the last 1/4 of the book. He had a great story going then it seemed like decided to differentiate it from other zombie stories by having them do outlandish things. That is when the book lost some coherence.
My favorite part was the initial unraveling of humanity when it was hit by the pulse. He painted a grisly picture as only the master could do.

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I agree, VenomXXXXL.

I liked Cell, especially the first part. But then I felt it shifted gears, and thats where it loses points. Regardless, I still like the book. It certainlly gave a frightening scenario with technology and humanity.

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I give it a B-. It wasn't the very end that bothered me as much as the last 1/4 of the book. He had a great story going then it seemed like decided to differentiate it from other zombie stories by having them do outlandish things. That is when the book lost some coherence.
My favorite part was the initial unraveling of humanity when it was hit by the pulse. He painted a grisly picture as only the master could do.
That's how I feel too. It just felt like King didn't really know how to end it. He didn't want a happy ending, but didn't want a completely depressing one either.

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This is the one they are making a movie out of right.

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Really? I wish they'd hurry up and make a film of Baf Of Bones

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Bag of Bones is his best book.

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It was his best book. And I did not like Cell at all. from me. I didn't like being thrown into all that chaos with zero setup. It threw me off.

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It's strange that it's my favourite because I don't normally like the first person, and that's the only one that comes to mind that he written in that way - novel-wise.

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Old 04-16-2008, 12:41 PM   #21
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I meant It was his best book. Not Bag of Bones... though I did enjoy that.

I feel that the book with the s*** weasels was his worst book. Can't be bothered to remember the title. Makes me wish I had two more hands... so I could give it 4 THUMBS DOWN!

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Oh, my bad.

Hahahaha Dreamcatcher

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I liked IT too. I'm halfway through The Stand, but once I've read that I've got a collection of Lovecraft to read . . . then I think I'll read IT again

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I really liked this book, gave a very good twist on the whole zombie thing and definately worth a read. One part I hated was when Alice died, it was so unexpected and I really liked the character, the way she died was very saddening.

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Yeah last time i heard Eli Roth was suppose to direct.

I don't knoe if that's gonna happen anymore or not.

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I loved the lack of setup. King always has like 100 pages of set up before anything happens, it was fresh and nice that it just slammed you right into it.

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