It's a standard-issue zombie-ish story of people being infected and going bugf*** insane, only this time King (who also gets a screen writing credit) adds a kind of bird-pulse-hive-mind thing that only gets explained enough to move the plot along. I'm pretty sure, from what I've heard about the book (at best it's liked but not loved, sort of a middle-tier King work, not one of his triumphs but not a failure either, something fun he could knock off in a month or two as one of those 'hey this is happening in the real world, I'll use it for one of my spooktacular stories' things) that this actually makes for an accurate assessment. Not that this necessarily means that it's all good, but there are some good things I can say about this. Reviewed by Quinoa1984 5 / 10 forgettable, but not necessarily terribleĬonsidering I went into Cell with abysmally low expectations, it turned out to be not too bad.
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