I tried to read "Cell" but it just didn't have enough to keep me interested the way his books usually do.
2006-11-26 08:13:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I had problems with "Cell" too. I don't think it holds together too well, though there are some very effective individual scenes. However, I don't think that was caused by the accident.
I confess to liking King's earlier books best. All that narrative tension with that fabulous energy behind it! Nothing like the energy of youth. Can't blame him if it doesn't last forever.
However, I wish he hadn't gotten worried about the snarking of so-called "literary" critics; I think his need to prove himself to them has been getting in his way.
2006-11-26 21:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by silver.graph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, personally, I really liked "Cell," but then again, I'm a big fan of Stephen King and of George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead creator), and you can probably see the similarities in the two stories. So that may make me a little bias. I thought "Cell" was pretty fast paced; I mean, once you get to like page 7 all hell breaks loose and it just keeps going from there.
I do think that the accident had a huge effect on his work, however. The way I understand it, what happened to the artist in "Kingdom Hospital" was pretty much what happened to King (except for the ant-eater-thing, of course). Then there's the final book of "The Dark Tower" series where he tells a version of that accident (with fictional elements added to support the story of The Gunslinger, Roland).
So I guess it's all a matter if you like his more recent works or not. I can see a difference from his earlier novels, and for the most part, I liked books from the "'Salem's Lot" era more than I do his books of late. But again, I say it's a matter of preference, what you like and dislike.
2006-11-26 08:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by Chris D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you remember maybe 10 or 15 years ago he announced his retirement, his hearts just not in it anymore. Also as he gets older (probably about 60) it's harder for him to relate to the younger mind which I thought was his specialty, he was as intimate friend when I was 14 he understood me.
2006-11-26 13:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by j. a. prufrock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading Cell right now and so far, I really am enjoying it.
2006-11-26 08:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by cather2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always hated him Bob!
:-)
2006-11-26 13:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋