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“Cell�� by Stephen King starts out with such an incredible opening, it’s one that I’ll never forget for many years to come. Now, before I jump into my review, I just wanted to give everyone two trigger warnings for certain events that happen in this novel. There is violence against dogs as well as violence against women. If either of these triggers you while reading, please don’t read this novel.

As I was saying, the chaos that kickstarted this novel was incredible as I immediately knew I was in for another treat by the king of horror. I loved how it jumped right into things and continued that moment for a good chunk of the beginning.

The levels of gore, violence, and insanely descriptive mayhem were all brilliantly done. As always with King, the way he writes these crazy, horrific scenes is surreal. I will truly never look at my iPhone the same ever again thanks to this novel.

I loved all the great characters here, especially the ones you meet throughout this incredible apocalyptic horror novel. The development of all these characters and just the raw, human emotions of them all as things went down were very authentic. I’d imagine if this ever happened in real life, these situations would likely be what goes down which is downright scary to think about.

For the most part, this is a decent-paced novel with plenty of chapters dedicated to just telling an incredible story that pretty much revolves around a modern look at zombies. This reminded me of exactly what King did with “‘Salem’s Lot�� with vampires. I couldn’t put it down and thought the pacing was solid all the way to the ending. Speaking of which, all those creepy, tense, and thrilling moments made for a rather unexpected ending.

Don’t worry, I won’t ruin anything for you as I see why King ended this the way that he did. This reminded me of “The Colorado Kid�� where it’s done this way to encourage discussions, theorizing, and just having long conversations about everyone’s thoughts as to the ending. Sure, I would have wanted something different but I totally get why King ended it the way that he did in this novel.

I give “Cell�� by Stephen King a perfect 5/5 as it’s a must-read for anyone that loves apocalyptic terror, zombies, and the kind of novel to make you think twice every single time you use your cell phone. The characters are great, the horror is on a whole other level, and the main antagonist was beyond terrifying. It’s a classic King novel from beginning to end that will continue leaving its imprint on Constant Readers for generations to come. KASHWAK=NO-FO